Ligands for phosphatase binding assay

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are new ligands for use in a binding assay for proteases and phosphatases, which contain cysteine in their binding sites or as a necessary structural component for enzymatic binding. The sulfihydryl group of cysteine is the nucleophilic group in the enzyme&#39;s mechanistic proteolytic and hydrolytic properties. The assay can be used to determine the ability of new, unknown ligands and mixtures of compounds to competitively bind with the enzyme versus a known binding agent for the enzyme, e.g., a known enzyme inhibitor. By the use of a mutant form of the natural or native wild-type enzyme, in which serine, or another amino acid, e.g., alanine, replaces cysteine, the problem of interference from extraneous oxidizing and alkylating agents in the assay procedure is overcome. The interference arises because of oxidation or alkylation of the sulfihydryl, --SH (or --S - ), in the cysteine, which then adversely affects the binding ability of the enzyme. Specifically disclosed is an assay for tyrosine phosphatases and cysteine proteases, including capsases and cathepsins, e.g., Cathepsin K(O2), utilizing scintillation proximity assay (SPA) technology. The assay has important applications in the discovery of compounds for the treatment and study of, for example, diabetes, immunosuppression, cancer, Alzheimer&#39;s disease and osteoporosis. The novel feature of the use of a mutant enzyme can be extended to its use in a wide variety of conventional colorimetric, photometric, spectrophotometric, radioimmunoassay and ligand-binding competitive assays.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims benefit of Provisional 60/030,411 filed Nov. 4, 1996.

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Not Applicable.

REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to the use of mutant phosphatase and protease enzymes in a competitive binding assay. Specific examples are the enzymes, tyrosine phosphatase and cysteine protease, e.g. Cathepsin K, and the assay specifically described is a scintillation proximity assay using a radioactive inhibitor to induce scintillation.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The use of the scintillation proximity assay (SPA) to study enzyme binding and interactions is a new type of radioimmunoassay and is well known in the art. The advantage of SPA technology over more conventional radioimmunoassay or ligand-binding assays, is that it eliminates the need to separate unbound ligand from bound ligand prior to ligand measurement. See for example, Nature, Vol, 341, pp. 167-178 entitled "Scintillation Proximity Assay" by N. Bosworth and P. Towers, Anal. Biochem. Vol. 217, pp. 139-147 (1994) entitled "Biotinylated and Cysteine-Modified Peptides as Useful Reagents For Studying the Inhibition of Cathepsin G" by A. M. Brown, et al., Anal. Biochem. Vol. 223, pp. 259-265 (1994) entitled "Direct Measurement of the Binding of RAS to Neurofibromin Using Scintillation Proximity Assay" by R. H. Skinner et al. and Anal. Biochem. Vol. 230, pp. 101-107(1995) entitled "Scintillation Proximity Assay to Measure Binding of Soluble Fibronectin to Antibody-Captured alpha₅ β₁ Integrin" by J. A. Pachter et al.

The basic principle of the assay lies in the use of a solid support containing a scintillation agent, wherein a target enzyme is attached to the support through, e.g., a second enzyme-antienzyme linkage. A known tritiated or I¹²⁵ iodinated binding agent, i.e., radioligand inhibitor ligand for the target enzyme is utilized as a control, which when bound to the active site in the target enzyme, is in close proximity to the scintillation agent to induce a scintillation signal, e.g., photon emission, which can be measured by conventional scintillation/radiographic techniques. The unbound tritiated (hot) ligand is too far removed from the scintillation agent to cause an interfering measurable scintillation signal and therefore does not need to be separated, e.g., filtration, as in conventional ligand-binding assays.

The binding of an unknown or potential new ligand (cold, being non-radioactive) can then be determined in a competitive assay versus the known radioligand, by measuring the resulting change in the scintillation signal which will significantly decrease when the unknown ligand also possesses good binding properties.

However, a problem arises when utilizing a target enzyme containing a cysteine group, having a free thiol linkage, --SH, (or present as --S⁻) which is in the active site region or is closely associated with the active site and is important for enzyme-ligand binding. If the unknown ligand or mixture, e.g. natural product extracts, human body fluids, cellular fluids, etc. contain reagents which can alkylate, oxidize or chemically interfere with the cysteine thiol group such that normal enzyme-ligand binding is disrupted, then false readings will occur in the assay.

What is needed in the art is a method to circumvent and avoid the problem of cysteine interference in the scintillation proximity assay (SPA) procedure in enzyme binding studies.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

We have discovered that by substituting serine for cysteine in a target enzyme, where the cysteine plays an active role in the wild-type enzyme-natural ligand binding process, usually as the catalytic nucleophile in the active binding site, a mutant is formed which can be successfully employed in a scintillation proximity assay without any active site cysteine interference.

This discovery can be utilized for any enzyme which contains cysteine groups important or essential for binding and/or catalytic activity as proteases or hydrolases and includes phosphatases, e.g., tyrosine phosphatases and proteases, e.g. cysteine proteases, including the cathepsins, i.e., Cathepsin K (O2) and the capsases.

Further, use of the mutant enzyme is not limited to the scintillation proximity assay, but can be used in a wide variety of known assays including colorimetric, spectrophotometric, ligand-binding assays, radioimmunoassays and the like.

We have furthermore discovered a new method of amplifying the effect of a binding agent ligand, e.g., radioactive inhibitor, useful in the assay by replacing two or more phosphotyrosine residues with 4-phosphono(difluoromethyl) phenylalanine (F₂ Pmp) moieties. The resulting inhibitor exhibits a greater and more hydrolytically stable binding affinity for the target enzyme and a stronger scintillation signal.

By this invention there is provided a process for determining the binding ability of a ligand to a cysteine-containing wild-type enzyme comprising the steps of:

(a) contacting a complex with the ligand, the complex comprising a mutant form of the wild-type enzyme, in which cysteine, at the active site, is replaced with serine, in the presence of a known binding agent for the mutant enzyme, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding with the mutant enzyme to produce a measurable signal.

Further provided is a process for determining the binding ability of a ligand, preferably a non-radioactive (cold) ligand, to an active site cysteine-containing wild-type tyrosine phosphatase comprising the steps of:

(a) contacting a complex with the ligand, the complex comprising a mutant form of the wild-type enzyme, the mutant enzyme being PTP1B, containing the same amino acid sequence 1-320 as the wild type enzyme,except at position 215, in which cysteine is replaced with serine in the mutant enzyme, in the presence of a known radioligand binding agent for the mutant enzyme, wherein the binding agent is capable of binding with the mutant enzyme to produce a measurable beta radiation-induced scintillation signal.

Also provided is a new class of peptide binding agents selected from the group consisting of:

N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide (BzN-EJJ-CONH₂),

where E is glutamic acid and J is 4-phosphono(difluoro-methyl)]-L-phenylalanyl;

N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide;

N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide;

L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide;

L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide;

L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide;

L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide; and

L-Isoleucinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide; and their tritiated and I¹²⁵ iodinated derivatives.

Further provided is a novel tritiated peptide, tritiated BzN-EJJ-CONH₂, being N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide, wherein E as used herein is glutamic acid and J, as used herein, is the (F₂ Pmp) moiety, (4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)-phenylalanyl).

Furthermore there is provided a process for increasing the binding affinity of a ligand for a tyrosine phosphatase or cysteine protease comprising introducing into the ligand two or more 4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)-phenylalanine groups; also provided is the resulting disubstituted ligand.

In addition there is provided a complex comprised of:

(a) a mutant form of a wild-type enzyme, in which cysteine, necessary for activity in the active site, is replaced with serine and is attached to:

(b) a solid support.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates the main elements of the invention including the scintillation agent 1, the supporting (fluomicrosphere) bead 5, the surface binding Protein A 10, the linking anti-GST enzyme 15, the fused enzyme construct 20, the GST enzyme 25, the mutant enzyme 30, the tritiated peptide inhibitor 35, the beta radiation emission 40 from the radioactive peptide inhibitor 35 and the emitted light 45 from the induced scintillation.

FIGS. 2(A and B) illustrates the DNA and amino acid sequences for PTP1B tyrosine phosphatase enzyme, truncated to amino acid positions 1-320. (Active site cysteine at position 215 is in bold and underlined).

FIGS. 3(A, B and C) illustrates the DNA and amino acid sequences for Cathepsin K. The upper nucleotide sequence represents the cathepsin K cDNA sequence which encodes the cathepsin K preproenzyme (indicated by the corresponding three letter amino acid codes). Numbering indicates the cDNA nucleotide position. The underlined amino acid is the active site Cys¹³⁹ residue that was mutated to either Ser or Ala.

FIGS. 4(A and B) illustrates the DNA and amino acid sequences for the capsase, apopain. The upper nucleotide sequence represents the apopain (CPP32) cDNA sequence which encodes the apopain proenzyme (indicated by the corresponding three letter amino acid codes). Numbering indicates the cDNA nucleotide position. The underlined amino acid is the active site Cys¹⁶³ residue that was mutated to Ser.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The theory underlying the main embodiment of the invention can be readily seen and understood by reference to FIG. 1.

Scintillation agent 1 is incorporated into small (yttrium silicate or PVT fluomicro-spheres, AMERSHAM) beads 5 that contain on their surface immunosorbent protein A 10. The protein A coated bead 5 binds the GST fused enzyme construct 20, containing GST enzyme 25 and PTP1B mutant enzyme 30, via anti-GST enzyme antibody 15. When the radioactive e.g., tritiated, peptide 35 is bound to the mutant phosphatase enzyme 30, it is in close enough proximity to the bead 5 for its beta emission 40 (or Auger electron emission in the case of I¹²⁵) to stimulate the scintillation agent 1 to emit light (photon emission) 45. This light 45 is measured as counts in a beta plate counter. When the tritiated peptide 35 is unbound it is too distant from the scintillation agent 1 and the energy is dissipated before reaching the bead 5, resulting in low measured counts. Non-radioactive ligands which compete with the tritiated peptide 35 for the same binding site on the mutant phosphatase enzyme 3 will remove and/or replace the tritiated peptide 35 from the mutant enzyme 30 resulting in lower counts from the uncompeted peptide control. By varying the concentration of the unknown ligand and measuring the resulting lower counts, the inhibition at 50%(IC₅₀) for ligand binding to the mutant enzyme 30 can be obtained. This then is a measure of the binding ability of the ligand to the mutant enzyme and the wild-type enzyme.

The term "complex" as used herein refers to the assembly containing the mutant enzyme. In its simplest embodiment, the complex is a solid support with the mutant enzyme attached to the surface of the support. A linker can also be employed. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the complex can further comprise a bead (fluopolymer), anti-enzyme GST/enzyme GST-mutant enzyme-PTP1 linking construct, immunosorbent protein A, and scintillation agent. In general, the complex requires a solid support (beads, immunoassay column of e.g., Al₂ O₃, or silica gel) to which the mutant enzyme can be anchored or tethered by attachment through a suitable linker, e.g., an immunosorbent (e.g., Protein A, Protein G, anti-mouse, anti-rabbit, anti-sheep) and a linking assembly, including an enzyme/anti-enzyme construct attached to the solid support.

The term "cysteine-containing wild-type enzyme", as used herein, includes all native or natural enzymes, e.g., phosphatases, cysteine proteases, which contain cysteine in the active site as the active nucleophile, or contain cysteine clearly associated with the active site that is important in binding activity.

The term "binding agent" as used herein includes all ligands (compounds) which are known to be able to bind with the wild-type enzyme and usually act as enzyme inhibitors. The binding agent carries a signal producing agent, e.g., radionuclide, to initiate the measurable signal. In the SPA assay the binding agent is a radioligand.

The term "measurable signal" as used herein includes any type of generated signal, e.g., radioactive, colorimetric, photometric, spectrophotometric, scintillation, which is produced when binding of the radioligand binding agent to the mutant enzyme.

The present invention assay further overcomes problems encountered in the past, where compounds were evaluated by their ability to affect the reaction rate of the enzyme in the phosphatase activity assay. However this did not give direct evidence that compounds were actually binding at the active site of the enzyme. The herein described invention binding assay using a substrate analog can determine directly whether the mixtures of natural products can irreversibly modify the active site cysteine in the target enzyme resulting in inhibition of the enzymatic activity. To overcome inhibition by these contaminates in the phosphatase assay, a mutated Cys(215) to Ser(215) form of the tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B was cloned and expressed resulting in a catalytically inactive enzyme. In general, replacement of cysteine by serine will lead to a catalytically inactive or substantially reduced activity mutant enzyme.

PTP1B is the first protein tyrosine phosphatase to be purified to near homogeneity {Tonks et al. JBC 263, 6731-6737 (1988)} and sequenced by Charbonneau et al. PNAS 85, 7182-7186 (1988). The sequence of the enzyme showed substantial homology to a duplicated domain of an abundant protein present in hematopoietic cells variously referred to as LCA or CD45. This protein was shown to possess tyrosine phosphatase activity {Tonks et al. Biochemistry 27, 8695-8701 (1988)}. Protein tyrosine phosphatases have been known to be sensitive to thiol oxidizing agents and alignment of the sequence of PTP1B with subsequently cloned Drosophila and mammalian tyrosine phosphatases pointed to the conservation of a Cysteine residue {(M. Strueli et al. Proc. Nat'l Acad USA, Vol. 86, pp. 8698-7602 (1989)} which when mutated to Ser inactivated the catalytic activity of the enzymes. Guan et al.(1991) {J.B.C. Vol. 266, 17926-17030, 1991} cloned the rat homologue of PTP1B, expressed a truncated version of the protein in bacteria, purified and showed the Cys at position 215 is the active site residue. Mutation of the Cys²¹⁵ to Ser²¹⁵ resulted in loss of catalytic activity. Human PTP1B was cloned by Chernoffet al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 2735-2739 (1990).

Work leading up to the development of the substrate analog BzN-EJJ-CONH₂ for PTP1B was published by T. Burke et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 205, pp. 129-134 (1994) with the synthesis of the hexamer peptide containing the phosphotyrosyl mimetic F₂ Pmp. We have incorporated the (F₂ Pmp) moiety (4-phosphono-(difluoromethyl)phenylalanyl) into various peptides that led to the discovery of BzN-EJJ-CONH₂, (where E is glutamic acid and J as used herein is the F₂ Pmp moiety) an active (5 nM) inhibitor of PTP1B. This was subsequently tritiated giving the radioactive substrate analog required for the binding assay.

The mutated enzyme, as the truncated version, containing amino acids 1-320 (see FIG. 2), has been demonstrated to bind the substrate analog Bz-NEJJ-CONH₂ with high affinity for the first time. The mutated enzyme is less sensitive to oxidizing agents than the wild-type enzyme and provides an opportunity to identify novel inhibitors for this family of enzymes. The use of a mutated enzyme to eliminate interfering contaminates during drug screening is not restricted to the tyrosine phosphatases and can be used for other enzyme binding assays as well.

Other binding assays exist in the art in which the basic principle of this invention can be utilized, namely, using a mutant enzyme in which an important and reactive cysteine important for activity can modified to serine (or a less reactive amino acid) and render the enzyme more stable to cysteine modifying reagents, such as alkylating and oxidizing agents. These other ligand-binding assays include, for example, colorimetric and spectrophotometric assays, e.g. measurement of produced color or fluorescence, phosphorescence (e.g. ELISA, solid absorbant assays) and other radioimmunoassays in which short or long wave light radiation is produced, including ultraviolet and gamma radiation).

Further, the scintillation proximity assay can also be practiced without the fluopolymer support beads (AMERSHAM) as illustrated in FIG. 1. For example, Scintistrips® are commercially available (Wallac Oy, Finland) and can also be employed as the scintillant-containing solid support for the mutant enzyme complex as well as other solid supports which are conventional in the art.

The invention assay described herein is applicable to a variety of cysteine-containing enzymes including protein phosphatases, proteases, lipases, hydrolases, and the like.

The cysteine to serine transformation in the target enzyme can readily be accomplished by analogous use of the molecular cloning technique for Cys²¹⁵ to Ser²¹⁵ described in the below-cited reference by M. Strueli et al., for PTP1B and is hereby incorporated by reference for this particular purpose.

A particularly useful class of phosphatases is the tyrosine phosphatases since they are important in cell function. Examples of this class are: PTP1B, LCA, LAR, DLAR, DPTP(See Strueli et al., below). Ligands discovered by this assay using, for example, PTP1B can be useful, for example, in the treatment of diabetes and immunosuppression.

A useful species is PTP1B, described in Proc. Nat'l Acad USA, Vol. 86, pp. 8698-7602 by M. Strueli et al. and Proc. Nat'l Acad Sci. USA, Vol 87, pp. 2735-2739 by J. Chemoff et al.

Another useful class of enzymes is the proteases, including cysteine proteases (thiol proteases), cathepsins and capsases.

The cathepsin class of cysteine proteases is important since Cathepsin K (also termed Cathepsin O2, see Biol. Chem. Hoppe-SeyZer, Vol. 376 pp. 379-384, June 1995 by D. Bromme et al.) is primarily expressed in human osteoclasts and therefore this invention assay is useful in the study and treatment of osteoporosis. See U.S. Pat. No. 5,501,969 (1996) to Human Genome Sciences for the sequence, cloning and isolation of Cathepsin K (O2). See also J. Biol. Chem. Vol. 271, No. 21, pp. 12511-12516 (1996) by F. Drake et al. and Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler, Vol. 376, pp. 379-384(1985) by D. Bromine et al., supra.

Examples of the cathepsins include Cathepsin B, Cathepsin G, Cathepsin J, Cathepsin K(O2), Cathesin L, Cathepsin M, Cathepsin S.

The capsase family of cysteine proteases are other examples where the SPA technology and the use of mutated enzymes can be used to determine the ability of unknown compounds and mixtures of compounds to compete with a radioactive inhibitor of the enzyme. An active site mutant of Human Apopain CPP32 (capsase-3) has been prepared. The active site thiol mutated enzymes are less sensitive to oxidizing agents and provide an opportunity to identify novel inhibitors for this family of enzymes.

Examples of the capsase family include: capsase-1(ICE), capsase-2 (ICH-1), capsase-3 (CPP32, human apopain, Yama), capsase-4(ICE_(rel) -11, TX, ICH-2), capsase-5(ICE_(rel) -111, TY), capsase-6(Mch2), capsase-7(Mch3, ICE-LAP3, CMH-1), capsase-8(FLICE, MACH, Mch5), capsase-9 (ICE-LAP6, Mch6) and capsase-10(Mch4).

Substitution of the cysteine by serine (or by any other amino acid which lowers the activity to oxidizing and alkylating agents, e.g., alanine) does not alter the binding ability of the mutant enzyme to natural ligands. The degree of binding, i.e., binding constant, may be increased or decreased. The catalytic activity of the mutant enzyme will, however, be substantially decreased or even completely eliminated. Thus, natural and synthetic ligands which bind to the natural wild-type enzyme will also bind to the mutant enzyme.

Substitution. by serine for cysteine also leads to the mutant enzyme which has the same qualititative binding ability as the natural enzyme but is significantly reduced in catalytically activity. Thus, this invention assay is actually measuring the true binding ability of the test ligand.

The test ligand described herein is a new ligand potentially useful in drug screening purposes and its mode of action is to generally function as an inhibitor for the enzyme.

The binding agent usually is a known ligand used as a control and is capable of binding to the natural wild-type enzyme and the mutant enzyme employed in the assay and is usually chosen as a known peptide inhibitor for the enzyme.

The binding agent also contains a known signal-producing agent to cause or induce the signal in the assay and can be an agent inducing e.g., phosphorescence or fluorescence (ELISA), color reaction or a scintillation signal.

In the instant embodiment, where the assay is a scintillation assay, the signal agent is a radionuclide, i.e., tritium, I¹²⁵, which induces the scintillant in the solid support to emit measurable light radiation, i.e., photon emission, which can be measured by using conventional scintillation and beta radiation counters.

We have also discovered that introducing two or more 4-phosphonodifluoromethyl phenylalanine (F₂ Pmp) groups into a known binding agent greatly enhances the binding affinity of the binding agent to the enzyme and improves its stability by rendering the resulting complex less susceptible to hydrolytic cleavage.

A method for introducing one F₂ Pmp moiety into a ligand is known in the art and is described in detail in Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. Vol. 204, pp. 129-134 (1994) hereby incorporated by reference for this particular purpose.

As a result of this technology we discovered a new class of ligands having extremely good binding affinity for PTP1B. These include:

N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, and

L-Isoleucinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide.

A useful ligand in the series is Bz-NEJJ-CONH₂, whose chemical name is: N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoro-methyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenyl-alanineamide, and its tritiated form, N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(dilfuoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide.

Synthesis of both cold and hot ligands is described in the Examples.

The following Examples are illustrative of carrying out the invention and should not be construed as being limitations on the scope or spirit of the instant invention.

EXAMPLES 1. Preparation of PTP1B Truncate (Amino Acid Sequence from 1-320 and Fused GST-PTP1B Construct

An E. coli culture carrying a PET plasmid expressing the full length PTP1B protein was disclosed in J. Chernoff et al. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87, pp. 2735-2739, (1990). This was modified to a truncated PTP1B enzyme complex containing the active site with amino acids 1-320 inclusive, by the following procedure:

The full length human PTP-1B cDNA sequence (published in J. Chernoff et al., PNAS, USA, supra) cloned into a PET vector was obtained from Dr. Raymond Erickson (Harvard University). The PTP-1B cDNA sequence encoding amino acids 1-320 (Seq. ID No. 1) was amplified by PCR using the full length sequence as template. The 5' primer used for the amplification included a Barn HI site at the 5' end and the 3' primer had an Eco RI site at the 3' end. The amplified fragment was cloned into pCR2 (Invitrogen) and sequenced to insure that no sequence errors had been introduced by Taq polymerase during the amplification. This sequence was released from pCR2 by a Bam HI/Eco RI digest and the PTP-1B cDNA fragment ligated into the GST fusion vector pGEX-2T (Pharmacia) that had been digested with the same enzymes. The GST-PTP-1B fusion protein expressed in E. Coli has an active protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. This same 1-320 PTP-1B sequence (Seq. ID No. 1) was then cloned into the expression vector pFLAG-2, where FLAG is the octa-peptide AspTyrLysAspAspAspAspLys. This was done by releasing the PTP-1B sequence from the pGEX-2T vector by Nco I/Eco RI digest, filling in the ends of this fragment by Kienow and blunt-end ligating into the blunted Eco RI site of pFLAG2. Site-directed mutagenesis was performed on pFLAG2-PTP-1B plasmid using the Chameleon (Stratagene) double-stranded mutagenesis kit from Stratagene, to replaced the active-site Cys-215 with serine. The mutagenesis was carried out essentially as described by the manufacturer and mutants identifed by DNA sequencing. The FLAG-PTP-1B Cys215Ser mutant (Seq. ID No. 7) was expressed, purified and found not to have any phosphatase activity. The GDT-PTP-1B Cys²¹⁵ Ser mutant was made using the mutated Cys²¹⁵ Ser sequence of PTP-1B already cloned into pFLAG2, as follows. The pFLAG2-PTP-1B Cys²¹⁵ Ser plasmid (Seq. ID No. 7) was digested with Sal I (3' end of PTP-1B sequence), filled in using Klenow polymerase (New England Biolabs), the enzymes were heat inactivated and the DNA redigested with Bgl II. The 500 bp 3' PTP-1B cDNA fragment which is released and contains the mutated active site was recovered. The pGEX-2T-PTP-1B plasmid was digested with Eco RI (3' end of PTP-1B sequence), filled in by Klenow, phenol/chloroform extracted and ethanol precipitated. This DNA was then digested with Bgl II, producing two DNA fragments a 500 bp 3' PTP-1B cDNA fragment that contains the active site and a 5.5 Kb fragment containing the pGEX-2T vector plus the 5' end of PTP-1B. The 5.5 Kb pGEX-2T 5' PTP-1B fragment was recovered and ligated with the 500 bp Bgl II/Sal I fragment containing the mutated active site. The ligation was transformed into bacteria (type DH5α, G) and clones containing the mutated active site sequence identified by sequencing. The GST-PTP-1B Cys²¹⁵ Ser mutant was overexpressed, purified and found not to have any phosphatase activity.

2. Preparation of Tritiated Bz-NEJJ-CONH₂

This compound can be prepared as outlined in Scheme 1, below, and by following the procedures:

Synthesis of N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide (BzN-EJJ-CONH₂)

1.0 g of TentaGel® S RAM resin (RAPP polymer, ˜0.2 mmol/g) as represented by the shaded bead in Scheme 1, was treated with piperidine (3 mL) in DMF (5 mL) for 30 min. The resin (symbolized by the circular P, containing the remainder of the organic molecule except the amino group) was washed successively with DMF (3×10 mL) and CH₂ Cl₂ (10 mL) and air dried. A solution of DMF (5 mL), N²⁸ -Fmoc-4-[diethylphosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine (350 mg), where Fmoc is 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl, and O-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluranium hexafluorphosphate,(acronym being HATU, 228 mg) was treated with diisopropyl-ethylamine (0.21 mL) and, after 15 min., was added to the resin in 3 mL of DMF. After 1 h, the resin was washed successively with DMF (3×10 mL) and CH₂ Cl₂ (10 mL) and air dried. The sequence was repeated two times, first using N.sup.∞ -Fmoc-4-[diethylphosphono-(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalamine and then using N-Fmoc-L-glutamic acid gamma-t-butyl ester. After the final coupling, the resin bound tripeptide was treated with a mixture of piperidine (3 mL) in DMF (5 mL) for 30 min. and was then washed successively with DMF (3×10 mL) and CH₂ Cl₂ (10 mL) and air dried.

To a solution of benzoic acid (61 mg) and HATU (190 mg) in DMF (1 mL) was added diisopropylethylamine (0.17 mL) and, after 15 min. the mixture was added to a portion of the resin prepared above (290 mg) in 1 mL DMF. After 90 min. the resin was washed successively with DMF (3×10 mL) and CH₂ Cl₂ (10 mL) and air dried. The resin was treated with 2 mL of a mixture of TFA: water (9:1) and 0.05 mL of triisopropylsilane (TIPS-H) for 1 h. The resin was filtered off and the filtrate was diluted with water (2 mL) and concentrated in vacuo at 35° C. The residue was treated with 2.5 mL of a mixture of TFA:DMS:TMSOTf (5:3:1) and 0.05 mL of TIPS-H, and stirred at 25° C. for 15 h. (TFA is trifluoroacetic acid, DMS is dimethyl sulfate, TMSOTf is trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate).

The desired tripeptide, the title compound, was purified by reverse phase HPLC (C18 column, 25×100 mm) using a mobile phase gradient from 0.2% TFA in water to 50/50 acetonitrile/0.2% TFA in water over 40 min. and monitoring at 230 nm. The fraction eluting at approximately 14.3 min. was collected, concentrated and lyophylized to yield the title compound as a white foam.

Synthesis of N-(3,5-Ditritio)benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(dilfuoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanineamide

The above procedure described for the preparation of BzN-EJJ-CONH₂ was repeated, but substituting 3,5-dibromobenzoic acid for benzoic acid. After HPLC purification as before, except using a gradient over 30 min. and collecting the fraction at approximately 18.3 min., the dibromo containing tripeptide was obtained as a white foam.

A portion of this material (2 mg) was dissolved in methanol/triethylamine (0.5 mL, 4/1), 10% Pd-C (2 mg) was added, and the mixture stirred under an atmosphere of tritium gas for 24 h. The mixture was filtered through celite, washing with methanol and the filtrate was concentrated. The title compound was obtained after purification by semi-preparative HPLC using a C18 column and an isocratic mobile phase of acetonitrile/0.2% TFA in water (15:100). The fraction eluting at approximately 5 min. was collected and concentrated in vacuo. The title compound was dissolved in 10 mL of methanol/water (9:1) to provide a 0.1 mg/mL solution of specific activity 39.4 Ci/mmol. ##STR1##

By following the above described procedure for BzN-EJJ-CONH₂, the following other peptide inhibitors were also similarly prepared:

N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Glutamyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Lysinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Serinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide,

L-Prolinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide, and

L-Isoleucinyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanyl-[4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)]-L-phenylalanine amide.

4. Phosphatase Assay Protocol

Materials

EDTA--ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Sigma)

DMH--N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(mercaptoacetyl)-hydrazine (synthesis published in J. Org. Chem. 56, pp. 2332-2337,(1991) by R. Singh and G. M. Whitesides and can be substituted with DTT--dithiothreitol Bistris--2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)2,2',2"-nitrilotriethanol-(Sigma) Triton X-100 --octylphenolpoly(ethyleneglycolether) 10 (Pierce)

Antibody: Anti-glutathione S-transferase rabbit (H and L) fraction (Molecular Probes)

Enzyme: Human recombinant PTP1B, containing amino acids 1-320, (Seq. ID No. 1) fused to GST enzyme (glutathione S-transferase) purified by affinity chromatography. Wild type (Seq. ID No. 1) contains active site cysteine(215), whereas mutant (Seq. ID No. 7) contains active site serine(215).

Tritiated peptide: Bz-NEJJ-CONH₂, Mwt. 808, empirical formula, C₃₂ H₃₂ T₂ O₁₂ P₂ F₄

    ______________________________________                                         Stock Solutions                                                                  (10X) Assay Buffer 500 mM Bistris (Sigma); pH 6.2,                               MW = 209.2                                                                    20 mM EDTA (GIBCO/BRL)                                                          Store at 4° C.                                                        Prepare fresh daily:                                                           Assay Buffer (1X) 50 mM Bistris                                                (room temp.) 2 mM EDTA                                                          5 mM DMH (MW = 208)                                                           Enzyme Dilution                                                                Buffer (keep on ice) 50 mM Bistris                                              2 mM EDTA                                                                      5 mMDMH                                                                        20% Glycerol (Sigma)                                                           0.01 mg/ml Triton X-100 (Pierce)                                              Antibody Dilution                                                              Buffer (keep on ice) 50 mM Bistris                                              2 mM EDTA                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

IC₅₀ Binding Assay Protocol

Compounds (ligands) which potentially inhibit the binding of a radioactive ligand to the specific phosphatase are screened in a 96-well plate format as follows:

To each well is added the following solutions @ 25° C. in the following chronological order:

1. 110 μl of assay buffer.

2. 10 μl. of 50 nM tritiated BzN-EJJ-CONH₂ in assay buffer (1X) @ 25° C.

3. 10 μl. of testing compound in DMSO at 10 different concentrations in serial dilution (final DMSO, about 5% v/v) in duplicate @ 25° C.

4. 10 μl. of 3.75 μg/ml purified human recombinant GST-PTP1B in enzyme dilution buffer.

5. The plate is shaken for 2 minutes.

6. 10 μl. of 0.3 μg/ml anti-glutathione S-transferase (anti-GST) rabbit IgG (Molecular Probes) diluted in antibody dilution buffer @ 25° C.

7. The plate is shaken for 2 minutes.

8. 50 μl. of protein A-PVT SPA beads (Amersham) @ 25° C.

9. The plate is shaken for 5 minutes. The binding signal is quantified on a Microbeta 96-well plate counter.

10. The non-specific signal is defined as the enzyme-ligand binding in the absence of anti-GST antibody.

11. 100% binding activity is defined as the enzyme-ligand binding in the presence of anti-GST antibody, but in the absence of the testing ligands with the non-specific binding subtracted.

12. Percentage of inhibition is calculated accordingly.

13. IC₅₀ value is approximated from the non-linear regression fit with the 4-parameter/multiple sites equation (described in: "Robust Statistics", New York, Wiley, by P. J. Huber (1981) and reported in nM units.

14. Test ligands (compounds) with larger than 90% inhibition at 10 μM are defined as actives.

The following Table I illustrates typical assay results of examples of known compounds which competitively inhibit the binding of the binding agent, BzN-EJJ-CONH2.

    __________________________________________________________________________     Examples of known compounds which competitively inhibit the binding of         L-783,016                                                                        Typical Assay Results                                                          GST-PTP1B SPA Binding Assay with Non-Mutated (Cys215) and Mutated            enzyme (Ser215)                                                                __________________________________________________________________________                                                           Non-                       Compound L-Number Structure Mutated Mutated                                  __________________________________________________________________________       Control:                                                                       Tripeptide (F2PMP)2 L-783016-000P001                                                                                                      14 nM 8 nM        DADE (F2PMP)L hexapeptide (T. Burke et al, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm.        204, 129, (1994)                                                                ##STR3##    400 nM 100 nM                                                        - SH-specific binding:                                                         - Vanadate                                                                               ##ST 2 #                                                                           μM >100  μM                                                - Insulin Receptor Peptide L-791352-000D001                                                   ##STR5##                             17 μM 70 μM                                                               - Potential                                                                  Oxidizing agents:                                                               Hydrogen peroxide                                                             H2O2 90% at  83                                                                μM 0% at  83                                                                μM                       - Quinone L-289196-000P001                                                                                                         ##ST 4 #                                                                           μM >100                                                                     μM                  - Potential Alkylating agents:                                                 - Imine L-280684-000C001                                                                                                                 67% at  2                                                                    μM 10% at                                                                   2 μM             __________________________________________________________________________                                     conc. L-783016-000P nM                         no antibody (- control)                                                                       antibody (+ control)                                                                     250                                                                               125 62.5                                                                              31.25                                                                              15.625                                                                             7.813                                                                              3.906                                                                             1.953                                                                               0.977                                                                             0.488                __________________________________________________________________________     Raw Data, Counts (dpm) (duplicates)                                            dyne                                                                               252        5652      288                                                                               873  757                                                                              1550                                                                               2775                                                                               3367                                                                               4743                                                                              5220 5454                                                                              5384                   dpm 304 6380 273 588 1109 1337 2525 4165 4838 5581 5781 6211                 __________________________________________________________________________     % Inhibition (1-(dpm-average no antibody)/(average antibody-average no         antibody)) * 100                                                               % Inh                                                                              100        5         100                                                                               90  92 78  56  45  21 12   8  9                      % Inh 100 -8 100 95 85 81 60 30 19 6 2 -5                                    __________________________________________________________________________      ##STR8##                                                                       -  Preparation of Cathepsin K(O2) Mutant (CAT-K Mutant)                  

Cathepsin K is a prominent cysteine protease in human osteoclasts and is believed to play a key role in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Inhibitors of cathepsin K will be useful for the treatment of bone disorders (such as osteoporosis) where excessive bone resorption occurs. Cathepsin K is synthesized as a dormant preproenzyme (Seq. ID No. 4). Both the pre-domain (Met¹ -Ala¹⁵) and the prodomain (Leu¹⁶ -Arg¹¹⁴) must be removed for full catalytic activity. The mature form of the protease (Ala¹¹⁵ -Met³²⁹) contains the active site Cys residue (Cys¹³⁹).

The mature form of cathepsin K is engineered for expression in bacteria and other recombinant systems as a Met Ala¹¹⁵ -Met³²⁹ construct by PCR-directed template modification of a clone that is identified. Epitope-tagged variants are also generated: (Met[FLAG]Ala¹¹⁵ -Met³²⁹ and Met Ala¹¹⁵ -Met³²⁹ [FLAG]; where FLAG is the octa-peptide AspTyrLysAspAspAspAspLys). For the purpose of establishing a binding assay, several other constructs are generated including Met[FLAG]Ala¹¹⁵ -[Cys¹³⁹ to Ser¹³⁹ ]-Met³²⁹ and Met Ala¹¹⁵ -[Cys¹³⁹ to Ser¹³⁹ ]-Met³²⁹ [FLAG] (where the active site Cys is mutated to a Ser residue), and Met[FLAG]Ala¹¹⁵ -[Cys¹³⁹ to Ala¹³⁹ ]-Met³²⁹ and Met Ala¹¹⁵ -[Cys¹³⁹ to Ala¹³⁹ ]-Met³²⁹ [FLAG] (where the active site Cys is mutated to an Ala residue). In all cases, the resulting re-engineered polypeptides can be used in a binding assay by tethering the mutated enzymes to SPA beads via specific anti-FLAG antibodies that are commercially available (IDI-KODAK). Other epitope tags, GST and other fusions can also be used for this purpose and binding assay formats other than SPA can also be used. Ligands based on the prefered substrate for cathepsin K (e.g. Ac-P₂ -P₁, Ac-P₂ -P₁ -aldehydes, Ac-P₂ -P₁ -ketones; where P1 is an amino acid with a hydrophilic side chain, preferably Arg or Lys, and P2 is an amino acid with a small hydrophobic side chain, preferably Leu, Val or Phe) are suitable in their radiolabeled (tritiated) forms for SPA-based binding assays. Similar binding assays can also be established for other cathepsin family members.

Preparation of Apopain (capsase-3) Mutant

Apopain is the active form of a cysteine protease belonging to the capsase superfamily of ICE/CED-3 like enzymes. It is derived from a catalytically dormant proenzyme that contains both the 17 kDa large subunit (p17) and 12 kDa (p12) small subunit of the catalytically active enzyme within a 32 kDa proenzyme polypeptide (p32). Apopain is a key mediator in the effector mechanism of apoptotic cell death and modulators of the activity of this enzyme, or structurally-related isoforms, will be useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases where inappropriate apoptosis is prominent, e.g., Alzheimer's disease.

The method used for production of apopain involves folding of active enzyme from its constituent p17 and p12 subunits which are expressed separately in E. coli. The apopain p17 subunit (Ser²⁹ -Asp¹⁷⁵) and p12 subunit (Ser¹⁷⁶ -His²⁷⁷) are engineered for expression as MetSer²⁹ -Asp¹⁷⁵ and MetSer¹⁷⁶ -His²⁷⁷ constructs, respectively, by PCR-directed template modification. For the purpose of establishing a binding assay, several other constructs are generated, including a MetSer²⁹ -[Cys¹⁶³ to Ser¹⁶³ ]-Asp¹⁷⁵ large subunit and a Met¹ -[Cys¹⁶³ to Ser¹⁶³ ]-His²⁷⁷ proenzyme. In the former case, the active site Cys residue in the large subunit (p17) is replaced with a Ser residue by site-directed mutagenesis. This large subunit is then re-folded with the recombinant p12 subunit to generate the mature form of the enzyme except with the active site Cys mutated to a Ser. In the latter case, the same Cys¹⁶³ to Ser¹⁶³ mutation is made, except that the entire proenzyme is expressed. In both cases, the resulting re-engineered polypeptides can be used in a binding assay by tethering the mutated enzymes to SPA beads via specific antibodies that are generated to recognize apopain (antibodies against the prodomain, the large p17 subunit, the small p12 subunit and the entire p17:p12 active enzyme have been generated). Epitope tags or GST and other fusions could also be used for this purpose and binding assay formats other than SPA can also be used. Ligands based on the prefered substrate for apopain (varients of AspGluValAsp), such as Ac-AspGluValAsp, Ac-AspGluValAsp-aldehydes, Ac-AspGluValAsp-ketones are suitable in their radiolabeled forms for SPA-based binding assays. Similar binding assays can also be established for other capsase family members.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SEQUENCE LISTINGS

SEQ ID NO. 1 is the top sense DNA strand of FIGS. 2A and 2B for the PTP1B tyrosine phosphatase enzyme.

SEQ ID NO. 2 is the amino acid sequence of FIGS. 2A and 2B for the PTP1B tyrosine phosphatase enzyme.

SEQ ID NO. 3 is the top sense cDNA strand of FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C for the Cathepsin K preproenzyme.

SEQ ID NO. 4 is the amino acid sequence of FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C for the Cathepsin K preproenzyme.

SEQ ID NO. 5 is the top sense cDNA strand of FIGS. 4A and 4B for the CPP32 apopain proenzyme.

SEQ ID NO. 6 is the amino acid sequence of FIGS. 4A and 4B for the CPP32 apopain proenzyme.

SEQ ID NO. 7 is the cDNA sequence of the human PTP-1B₁₋₃₂₀ Ser mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 8 is the amino acid sequence of the human PTP-1B₁₋₃₂₀ Ser mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 9 is the cDNA sequence for apopain C163S mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 10 is the amino acid sequence for the apopain C163S mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 11 is the large subunit of the heterodimeric amino acid sequence for the apopain C163S mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 12 is the cDNA sequence for the Cathepsin K C139S mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 13 is the cDNA sequence for the Cathepsin K C139A mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 14 is the amino acid sequence for the Cathepsin K C139S mutant.

SEQ ID NO. 15 is the amino acid sequence for the Cathepsin K C139A mutant.

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 1                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________         ATGGAGATGGAAAAGGAGTTCGAGCAGATCGACAAGTCCGGGAGCTGGGCGGCCATTTAC                   1 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  60           -     CAGGATATCCGACATCAAGCCAGTCACTTCCCATCTAGAGTGGCCAAGCTTCCTAAGAAC             61 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 120            -     AAAAACCGAAATAGGTACAGAGACGTCAGTCCCTTTGACCATAGTCGGATTAAACTACAT            121 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 180            -     CAAGAAGATAATCACTATATCAACGCTAGTrTCATAAAAATGGAAGAAGCCCAAAGGAGT            181 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 240            -     TACATTCTTACCCAGGGCCCTTTGCCTAACACATCCGGTCACTTTTGGGAGATGGTCTGG            241 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 300            -     GAGCAGAAAAGCACGCGTCTCGTCATCCTCAACAGAGTCATGGAGAAAGGTTCGTTAAAA            301 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  360           -     TGCGCACAATACTGGCCACAAAAAGAAGAAAAAGAGATGATCTTTGAAGACACAAATTTG            361 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  420           -     AAATTAACATTGATCTCTCAAGATATCAAGTCATATTATACAGTGCGACAGCTAGAATTG            421 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 480            -     GAAAACCTTACAACCCAAGAAACTCGAGAGATCTTACATTTCCACTATACCACATCGCCT            481 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 540            -     GACTTTCGAGTCCCTGAATCACCAGCCTCATTCTTGAACTTTCTTTTCAAAGTCCGAGAG            541 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 600            -     TCACGGTCACTCAGCCCGGAGCACGGGCCCGTTGTGGTGCACTGCAGTGCAGGCATCGGC            601 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 660            -     AGGTCTGGAACCTTCTGTCTGGCTGATACCTGCCTCCTGCTGATGGACAAGAGGAAAGAC            661 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 720            -     CCTTCTTCCGTTGATATCAAGAAAGTGCTGTTAGAAATGAGGAAGTTTCGGATGGGGTTG            721 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 780            -     ATCCAGACAGCCGACCAGCTGCGCTTCTCCTACCTGGCTGTGATCGAAGGTGCCAAATTC            781 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 840            -     ATCATGGGGGACTCTTCCGTGCAGGATCAGTGGAAGGAGCTTTGCCACGAGGACCTGGAG            841 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 900            -     CCCCCACCCGAGCATATCCCCCCACCTCCCCGGCCACCCAAACGAATCCTGGAGCCACACTGA         901 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---           __________________________________________________________________________     960                                                                       

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 2                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________       1 MetGluMetGluLysGluPheGluGlnIleAspLysSerGlySerTrpAlaAlaIleTyr  20             -  21 GlnAspIleArgHisGluAlaSerAspPheProCysArgValAlaLysLeuProLysAsn  40         -  41 LysAsnArgAsnArgTyrArgAspValSerProPheAspHisSerArgIleLysLeuHis  60         -  61 GlnGluAspAsnAspTyrIleAsnAlaSerLeuIleLysMetGluGluAlaGlnArgSer  80         -  81 TyrIleLeuThrGlnGlyProLeuProAsnThrCysGlyHisPheTrpGluMetValTrp 100         - 101 GluGlnLysSerArgGlyValValMetLeuAsnArgValMetGluLysGlySerLeuLys 120         - 121 CysAlaGlnTyrTrpProGlnLysGluGluLysGluMetIlePheGluAspThrAsnLeu 140         - 141 LysLeuThrLeuIleSerGluAspIleLysSerTyrTyrThrValArgGlnLeuGluLeu 160         - 161 GluAsnLeuThrThrGlnGluThrArgGluIleLeuHisPheHisTyrThrThrTrpPro 180         - 181 AspPheGlyValProGluSerProAlaSerPheLeuAsnPheLeuPheLysValArgGlu 200         - 201 SerGlySerLeuSerProGluHisGlyProValValValHisCysSerAlaGlyIleGly 220         - 221 ArgSerGlyThrPheCysLeuAlaAspThrCysLeuLeuLeuMetAspLysArgLysAsp 240         - 241 ProSerSerValAspIleLysLysValLeuLeuGluMetArgLysPheArgMetGlyLeu 260         - 261 IleGlnThrAlaAspGlnLeuArgPheSerTyrLeuAlaValIleGluGlyAlaLysPhe 280         - 281 IleMetGlyAspSerSerValGlnAspGlnTrpLysGluLeuSerHisGluAspLeuGlu 300         - 301 ProProProGluHisIleProProProProArgProProLysArgIleLeuGluProHisEnd        320                                                                            __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 3                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________          GAAACAAGCACTGGATTCCATATCCCACTGCCAAAACCGCATGGTTCAGATTATCGCTAT                  1 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+   60          -      TGCAGCTTTCATCATAATACACACCTTTGCTGCCGAAACGAAGCCAGACAACAGATTTCC             61 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  120          -      ATCAGCAGGATGTGGGGGCTCAAGGTTCTGCTGCTACCTGTGGTGAGCTTTGCTCTGTAC            121 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  180          -      CCTGAGGAGATACTGGACACCCACTGGGAGCTATGGAAGAAGACCCACAGGAAGCAATAT            181 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  240          -      AACAACAAGGTGGATGAAATCTCTCGGCGTTTAATTTGGGAAAAAAACCTGAAGTATATT            241 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  300          -      TCCATCCATAACCTTGAGGCTTCTCTTGGTGTCCATACATATGAACTGGCTATGAACCAC            301 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  360          -      CTGGGGGACATGACCAGTGAAGAGGTGGTTCAGAAGATGACTGGACTCAAAGTACCCCTG            361 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  420          -      TCTCATTCCCGCAGTAATGACACCCTTTATATCCCAGAATGGGAAGGTAGAGCCCCAGAC            421 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  480          -      TCTGTCGACTATCGAAAGAAAGGATATGTTACTCCTGTCAAAAATCAGGGTCAGTGTGGT            481 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  540          -      TCCTGTTGGGCTTTTAGCTCTGTGGGTGCCCTGGAGGGCCAACTCAAGAAGAAAACTGGC            541 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  600          -      AAACTCTTAAATCTGAGTCCCCAGAACCTAGTGGATTGTGTGTCTGAGAATGATGGCTGT            601 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  660          -      GGAGGGGGCTACATGACCAATGCCTTCCAATATGTGCAGAAGAACCGGGGTATTGACTCT            661 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  720          -      GAAGATGCCTACCCATATGTGGGACAGGAAGAGAGTTGTATGTACAACCCAACAGGCAAG            721 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  780          -      GCAGCTAAATGCAGAGGGTACAGAGAGATCCCCGAGGGGAATGAGAAAGCCCTGAAGAGG            781 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  840          -      GCAGTGGCCCGAGTGGGACCTGTCTCTGTGGCCATTGATGCAAGCCTGACCTCCTTCCAG            841 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  900          -      TTTTACAGCAAAGGTGTGTATTATGATGAAAGCTGCAATAGCGATAATCTGAACCATGCG            901 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  960          -      GTTTTGGCAGTGGGATATGGAATCCAGAAGGGAAACAAGCACTGGATAATTAAAAACAGC            961 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1020          -      TGGGGAGAAAACTGGGGAAACAAAGGATATATCCTCATGGCTCGAAATAAGAACAACGCC           1021 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1080          -      TGTGGCATTGCCAACCTGGCCAGCTTCCCCAAGATGTGACTCCAGCCAGCCAAATCCATC           1081 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1140          -      CTGCTCTTCCATTTCTTCCACGATGGTGCAGTGTAACGATGCACTTTGGAAGGGAGTTGG           1141 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1200          -      TGTGCTATTTTTGAAGCAGATGTGGTGATACTGAGATTGTCTGTTCAGTTTCCCCATTTG           1201 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1260          -      TTTGTGCTTCAAATGATCCTTCCTACTTTGCTTCTCTCCACCCATGACCTTTTTCACTGT           1261 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1320          -      GGCCATCAGGACTTTCCCTGACAGCTGTGTACTCTTAGGCTAAGAGATGTGACTACAGCC           1321 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1380          -      TGCCCCTGACTGTGTTGTCCCAGGGCTGATGCTGTACAGGTACAGGCTGGAGATTTTCAC           1381 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1440          -      ATAGGTTAGATTCTCATTCACGGGACTAGTTAGCTTTAAGCACCCTAGAGGACTAGGGTA           1441 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1500          -      ATCTGACTTCTCACTTCCTAAGTTCCCTTCTATATCCTCAAGGTAGAAATGTCTATGTTT           1501 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1560          -      TCTACTCCAATTCATAAATCTATTCATAAGTCTTTGGTACAAGTTTACATGATAAAAAGA           1561 ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 1620          -      AATGTGATTTGTCTTCCCTTCTTTGCACTTTTGAAATAAAGTATTTATC                      1621 ---------+---------+---------+---------+--------- 1669                   __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 4                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________     MetTrpGlyLeuLysValLeuLeuLeuProValValSerPheAlaLeuTyr                            ProGluGluIleLeuAspThrHisTrpGluLeuTrpLysLysThrHisArgLysGlnTyr                     - AsnAsnLysValAspGluIleSerArgArgLeuIleTrpGluLysAsnLeuLysTyrIle                 - SerIleHisAsnLeuGluAlaSerLeuGlyValHisThrTyrGluLeuAlaMetAsnHis                 - LeuGlyAspMetThrSerGluGluValValGlnLysMetThrGlyLeuLysValProLeu                 - SerHisSerArgSerAsnAspThrLeuTyrIleProGluTrpGluGlyArgAlaProAsp                 - SerValAspTyrArgLysLysGlyTyrValThrProValLysAsnGlnGlyGlnCysGly                 - SerCysTrpAlaPheSerSerValGlyAlaLeuGluGlyGlnLeuLysLysLysThrGly                   139                                                                          - LysLeuLeuAsnLeuSerProGlnAsnLeuValAspCysValSerGluAsnAspGlyCys                 - GlyGlyGlyTyrMetThrAsnAlaPheGlnTyrValGlnLysAsnArgGlyIleAspSer                 - GluAspAlaTyrProTyrValGlyGlnGluGluSerCysMetTyrAsnProThrGlyLys                 - AlaAlaLysCysArgGlyTyrArgGluIleProGluGlyAsnGluLysAlaLeuLysArg                 - AlaValAlaArgValGlyProValSerValAlaIleAspAlaSerLeuThrSerPheGln                 - PheTyrSerLysGlyValTyrTyrAspGluSerCysAsnSerAspAsnLeuAsnHisAla                 - ValLeuAlaValGlyTyrGlyIleGlnLysGlyAsnLysHisTrpIleIleLysAsnSer                 - TrpGlyGluAsnTrpGlyAsnLysGlyTyrIleLeuMetAlaArgAsnLysAsnAsnAla                 - CysGlyIleAlaAsnLeuAlaSerPheProLysMetEnd                                    __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 5                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________          CTGCAGGAATTCGGCACGAGGGGTGCTATTGTGAGGCGGTTGTAGAAGTTAATAAAGGTA                 1  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+  60           -      TCCATGGAGAACACTGAAAACTCAGTGGATTCAAAATCCATTAAAAATTTGGAACCAAAG            61 ----------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 120           -     ATCATACATGGAAGCGAATCAATGGACTCTGGAATATCCCTGGACAACAGTTATAAAATG            121  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 180           -    GATTATCCTGAGATGGGTTTATGTATAATAATTAATAATAAGAATTTTCATAAGAGCACT             181  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 240           -      GGAATGACATCTCGGTCTGGTACAGATGTCGATGCAGCAAACCTCAGGGAAACATTCAGA           241  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 300           -     AACTTGAAATATGAAGTCAGGAATAAAAATGATCTTACACGTGAAGAAATTGTGGAATTG            301  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 360           -      ATGCGTGATGTTTCTAAAGAAGATCACAGCAAAAGGAGCAGTTTTGTTTGTGTGCTTCTG           361  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 420           -      AGCCATGGTGAAGAAGGAATAATTTTTGGAACAAATGGACCTGTTGACCTGAAAAAAATA           421  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 480           -      ACAAACTTTTTCAGAGGGGATCGTTGTAGAAGTCTAACTGGAAAACCCAAACTTTTCATT           481  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 540           -      ATTCAGGCCTGCCGTGGTACAGAACTGGACTGTGGCATTGAGACAGACAGTGGTGTTGAT           541  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 600           -      GATGACATGGCGTGTCATAAAATACCAGTGGAGGCCGACTTCTTGTATGCATACTCCACA           601  ---------+---------+---------+ --------+---------+---------+ 660           -     GCACCTGGTTATTATTCTTGGCGAAATTCAAAGGATGGCTCCTGGTTCATCCAGTCGCTT            661  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 720           -      TGTGCCATGCTGAAACAGTATGCCGACAAGCTTGAATTTATGCACATTCTTACCCGGGTT           721  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 780           -      AACCGAAAGGTGGCAACAGAATTTGAGTCCTTTTCCTTTGACGCTACTTTTCATGCAAAG           781  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 840           -      AAACAGATTCCATGTATTGTTTCCATGCTCACAAAAGAACTCTATTTTTATCACTAAAGA           841  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 900           -      AATGGTTGGTTGGTGGTTTTTTTTAGTTTGTATGCCAAGTGAGAAGATGGTATATTTGGT           901  ---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ 960           -      ACTGTATTTCCCTCTCATTTTGACCTACTCTCATGCTGCAG                              961  ---------+---------+---------+---------+- 1001                           __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 6                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________     MetGluAsnThrGluAsnSerValAspSerLysSerIleLysAsnLeuGluProLys                      IleIleHisGlySerGluSerMetAspSerGlyIleSerLeuAspAsnSerTyrLysMet                     - AspTyrProGluMetGlyLeuCysIleIleIleAsnAsnLysAsnPheHisLysSerThr                 - GlyMetThrSerArgSerGlyThrAspValAspAlaAlaAsnLeuArgGluThrPheArg                 - AsnLeuLysTyrGluValArgAsnLysAsnAspLeuThrArgGluGluIleValGluLeu                 - MetArgAspValSerLysGluAspHisSerLysArgSerSerPheValCysValLeuLeu                 - SerHisGlyGluGluGlyIleIlePheGlyThrAsnGlyProValAspLeuLysLysIle                 - ThrAsnPhePheArgGlyAspArgCysArgSerLeuThrGlyLysProLysLeuPheIle                 - IleGlnAlaCysArgGlyThrGluLeuAspCysGlyIleGluThrAspSerGlyValAsp                         163                                                                    - AspAspMetAlaCysHisLysIleProValGluAlaAspPheLeuTyrAlaTyrSerThr                 - AlaProGlyTyrTyrSerTrpArgAsnSerLysAspGlySerTrpPheIleGlnSerLeu                 - CysAlaMetLeuLysGlnTyrAlaAspLysLeuGluPheMetHisIleLeuThrArgVal                 - AsnArgLysValAlaThrGluPheGluSerPheSerPheAspAlaThrPheHisAlaLys                 - LysGlnIleProCysIleValSerMetLeuThrLysGluLeuTyrPheTyrHisEnd                  __________________________________________________________________________

    ______________________________________                                         SEQ ID NO. 7                                                                   ______________________________________                                         ATGGAGATGGAAAAGGAGTTCGAGCAGATCGACAAGTCCGGGAGCTGGGCG                             GCCATTTAC                                                                            1   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+   60                                                                - CAGGATATCCGACATGAAGCCAGTGACTTCCCATGTAGAGTGGCCAAGCTT                         CCTAAGAAC                                                                           61   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  120                                                                - AAAAACCGAAATAGGTACAGAGACGTCAGTCCCTTTGACCATAGTCGGATT                         AAACTACAT                                                                          121   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  180                                                                - CAAGAAGATAATGACTATATCAACGCTAGTTTGATAAAAATGGAAGAAGCC                         CAAAGGAGT                                                                          181   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  240                                                                - TACATTCTTACCCAGGGCCCTTTGCCTAACACATGCGGTCACTTTTGGGAG                         ATGGTGTGG                                                                          241   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  300                                                                - GAGCAGAAAAGCAGGGGTGTCGTCATGCTCAACAGAGTGATGGAGAAAGGT                         TCGTTAAAA                                                                          301   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  360                                                                - TGCGCACAATACTGGCCACAAAAAGAAGAAAAAGAGATGATCTTTGAAGAC                         ACAAATTTG                                                                          361   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  420                                                                - AAATTAACATTGATCTCTGAAGATATCAAGTCATATTATACAGTGCGACAG                         CTAGAATTG                                                                          421   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  480                                                                - GAAAACCTTACAACCCAAGAAACTCGAGAGATCTTACATTTCCACTATACC                         ACATGGCCT                                                                          481   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  540                                                                - GACTTTGGAGTCCCTGAATCACCAGCCTCATTCTTGAACTTTCTTTTCAAA                         GTCCGAGAG                                                                          541   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  600                                                                - TCAGGGTCACTCAGCCCGGAGCACGGGCCCGTTGTGGTGCACTGCAGTGCA                         GGCATCGGC                                                                          601   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  660                                                                - AGGTCTGGAACCTTCTGTCTGGCTGATACCTGCCTCCTGCTGATGGACAAG                         AGGAAAGAC                                                                          661   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  720                                                                - CCTTCTTCCGTTGATATCAAGAAAGTGCTGTTAGAAATGAGGAAGTTTCGG                         ATGGGGTTG                                                                          721   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  780                                                                - ATCCAGACAGCCGACCAGCTGCGCTTCTCCTACCTGGCTGTGATCGAAGGT                         GCCAAATTC                                                                          781   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  840                                                                - ATCATGGGGGACTCTTCCGTGCAGGATCAGTGGAAGGAGCTTTCCCACGAG                         GACCTGGAG                                                                          841   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+  900                                                                - CCCCCACCCGAGCATATCCCCCCACCTCCCCGGCCACCCAAACGAATCCTG                         GAGCCACACTGA                                                                       901   --------+---------+---------+---------+--                           +----------+---  960                                                           ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         SEQ ID NO. 8                                                                   ______________________________________                                         MetGluMetGluLysGluPheGluGlnIleAspLysSerGlySerTrpAla                             AlaIleTyr   20                                                                  - GlnAspIleArgHisGluAlaSerAspPheProCysArgValAlaLysLeu                         ProLysAsn   40                                                                  - LysAsnArgAsnArgTyrArgAspValSerProPheAspHisSerArgIle                         LysLeuHis   60                                                                  - GlnGluAspAsnAspTyrIleAsnAlaSerLeuIleLysMetGluGluAla                         GlnArgSer   80                                                                  - TyrIleLeuThrGlnGlyProLeuProAsnThrCysGlyHisPheTrpGlu - MetValTrp  100         - GluGlnLysSerArgGlyValValMetLeuAsnArgValMetGluLysGly                         SerLeuLys  120                                                                  - CysAlaGlnTyrTrpProGlnLysGluGluLysGluMetIlePheGluAsp                         ThrAsnLeu  140                                                                  - LysLeuThrLeuIleSerGluAspIleLysSerTyrTyrThrvAlargGln                         LeuGluLeu  160                                                                  - GluAsnLeuThrThrGlnGluThrArgGluIleLeuHisPheHisTyrThr                         ThrTrpPro  180                                                                  - AspPheGlyValProGluSerProAlaSerPheLeuAsnPheLeuPheLys                         ValArgGlu  200                                                                  - SerGlySerLeuSerProGluHisGlyProValValValHisCysSerAla                         GlyIleGly  220                                                                 {TCG}                                                                           - ArgSerGlyThrPheCysLeuAlaAspThrCysLeuLeuLeuMetAspLys                         ArgLysAsp  240                                                                  - ProSerSerValAspIleLysLysValLeuLeuGluMetArgLysPheArg                         MetGlyLeu  260                                                                  - IleGlnThrAlaAspGlnLeuArgPheSerTyrLeuAlaValIleGluGly                         AlaLysPhe  280                                                                  - IleMetGlyAspSerSerValGlnAspGlnTrpLysGluLeuSerHisGlu                         AspLeuGlu  300                                                                  - ProProProGluHisIleProProProProArgProProLysArgIleLeu                         GluProHisEnd  320                                                             ______________________________________                                    

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 9                                                                   __________________________________________________________________________        1 CTGCAGGAAT TCGGCACGAG GGGTGCTATT GTGAGGCGGT TGTAGAAGTT                      -   51 AATAAAGGTA TCCATGGAGA ACACTGAAAA CTCAGTGGAT TCAAAATCCA                  -  101 TTAAAAATTT GGAACCAAAG ATCATACATG GAAGCGAATC AATGGACTCT                  -  151 GGAATATCCC TGGACAACAG TTATAAAATG GATTATCCTG AGATGGGTTT                  -  201 ATGTATAATA ATTAATAATA AGAATTTTCA TAAGAGCACT GGAATGACAT                  -  251 CTCGGTCTGG TACAGATGTC GATGCAGCAA ACCTCAGGGA AACATTCAGA                  -  301 AACTTGAAAT ATGAAGTCAG GAATAAAAAT GATCTTACAC GTGAAGAAAT                  -  351 TGTGGAATTG ATGCGTGATG TTTCTAAAGA AGATCACAGC AAAAGGAGCA                  -  401 GTTTTGTTTG TGTGCTTCTG AGCCATGGTG AAGAAGGAAT AATTTTTGGA                  -  451 ACAAATGGAC CTGTTGACCT GAAAAAAATA ACAAACTTTT TCAGAGGGGA                  -  501 TCGTTGTAGA AGTCTAACTG GAAAACCCAA ACTTTTCATT ATTCAGGCCT                  -  551 CCCGTGGTAC AGAACTGGAC TGTGGCATTG AGACAGACAG TGGTGTTGAT                  -  601 GATGACATGG CGTGTCATAA AATACCAGTG GAGGCCGACT TCTTGTATGC                  -  651 ATACTCCACA GCACCTGGTT ATTATTCTTG GCGAAATTCA AAGGATGGCT                  -  701 CCTGGTTCAT CCAGTCGCTT TGTGCCATGC TGAAACAGTA TGCCGACAAG                  -  751 CTTGAATTTA TGCACATTCT TACCCGGGTT AACCGAAAGG TGGCAACAGA                  -  801 ATTTGAGTCC TTTTCCTTTG ACGCTACTTT TCATGCAAAG AAACAGATTC                  -  851 CATGTATTGT TTCCATGCTC ACAAAAGAAC TCTATTTTTA TCACTAAAGA                  -  901 AATGGTTGGT TGGTGGTTTT TTTTAGTTTG TATGCCAAGT GAGAAGATGG                  -  951 TATATTTGGT ACTGTATTTC CCTCTCATTT TGACCTACTC TCATGCTGCA                  - 1001 G                                                                     __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 10                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________       1 MENTENSVDS KSIKNLEPKI IHGSESMDSG ISLDNSYKMD YPEMGLCIII                       -  51 NKKNFHKSTG MTSRSGTDVD AANLRETFRN LKYEVDNKND LTREEIVELM                   - 101 RDVSKEDHSK RSSFVCVLLS HGEEGIIFGT NGPVDLKKIT NFFRGDRCRS                   - 151 LTGKPKLFII QASRGTELDC GIETDSGVDD DMACHKIPVE ADFLYAYSTA                   - 201 PGYYSWRNSK DGSWFIQSLC AMLKQYADKL EFMHILTRVN RKVATEFESF                   - 251 SFDATFHAKK QIPCIVSMLT KELYFYH                                          __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 11                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________       1                              MSG ISLDNSYKMD YPEMGLCIII                       -  51 NNKNFHKSTG MTSRSGTDVD AANLRETFRN LKYEVRNKND LTREEIVELM                   - 101 RDVSKEDHSK RSSFVCVLLS HGEEGIIFGT NGPVDLKKIT NFFRGDRCRS                   - 151 LTGKPKLFII QASRGTELDC GIETD                                            __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 12                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________       1 ATGTGGGGGC TCAAGGTTCT GCTGCTACCT GTGGTGAGCT TTGCTCTGTA                       -  51 CCCTGAGGAG ATACTGGACA CCCACTGGGA GCTATGGAAG AAGACCCACA                   - 101 GGAAGCAATA TAACAACAAG GTGGATGAAA TCTCTCGGCG TTTAATTTGG                   - 151 GAAAAAAACC TGAAGTATAT TTCCATCCAT AACCTTGAGG CTTCTCTTGG                   - 201 TGTCCATACA TATGAACTGG CTATGAACCA CCTCGGGGAC ATGACCAGTG                   - 251 AAGAGGTGGT TCAGAAGATG ACTGGACTCA AAGTACCCCT GTCTCATTCC                   - 301 CGCAGTAATG ACACCCTTTA TATCCCAGAA TGGGAAGGTA GAGCCCCAGA                   - 351 CTCTGTCGAC TATCGAAAGA AAGGATATGT TACTCCTGTC AAAAATCAGG                   - 401 GTCAGTGTGG TTCCTCTTGG GCTTTTAGCT CTGTGGGTGC CCTGGAGGGC                   - 451 CAACTCAAGA AGAAAACTGG CAAACTCTTA AATCTGAGTC CCCAGAACCT                   - 501 AGTGGATTGT GTGTCTGAGA ATGATGGCTG TGGAGGGGGC TACATGACCA                   - 551 ATGCCTTCCA ATATGTGCAG AAGAACCGGG GTATTGACTC TGAAGATGCC                   - 601 TACCCATATG TGGGACAGGA AGAGAGTTGT ATGTACAACC CAACAGGCAA                   - 651 GGCAGCTAAA TGCAGAGGGT ACAGAGAGAT CCCCGAGGGG AATGAGAAAG                   - 701 CCCTGAAGAG GGCAGTGGCC CGAGTGGGAC CTGTCTCTGT GGCCATTGAT                   - 751 GCAAGCCTGA CCTCCTTCCA GTTTTACAGC AAAGGTGTGT ATTATGATGA                   - 801 AAGCTGCAAT AGCGATAATC TGAACCATGC GGTTTTGGCA GTGGGATATG                   - 851 GAATCCAGAA GGGAAACAAG CACTGGATAA TTAAAAACAG CTGGGGAGAA                   - 901 AACTGGGGAA ACAAAGGATA TATCCTCATG GCTCGAAATA AGAACAACGC                   - 951 CTGTGGCATT GCCAACCTGG CCAGCTTCCC CAAGATGTGA                            __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 13                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________       1 ATGTGGGGGC TCAAGGTTCT GCTGCTACCT GTGGTGAGCT TTGCTCTGTA                       -  51 CCCTGAGGAG ATACTGGACA CCCACTGGGA GCTATGGAAG AAGACCCACA                   - 101 GGAAGCAATA TAACAACAAG GTGGATGAAA TCTCTCGGCG TTTAATTTGG                   - 151 GAAAAAAACC TGAAGTATAT TTCCATCCAT AACCTTGAGG CTTCTCTTGG                   - 201 TGTCCATACA TATGAACTGG CTATGAACCA CCTGCGGGAC ATGACCAGTG                   - 251 AAGAGGTGGT TCAGAAGATG ACTGGACTCA AAGTACCCCT GTCTCATTCC                   - 301 CGCAGTAATG ACACCCTTTA TATCCCAGAA TGGGAAGGTA GAGCCCCAGA                   - 351 CTCTGTCGAC TATCGAAAGA AAGGATATGT TACTCCTGTC AAAAATCAGG                   - 401 GTCAGTGTGG TTCCGCTTGG GCTTTTAGCT CTGTGGGTGC CCTGGAGGGC                   - 451 CAACTCAAGA AGAAAACTGG CAAACTCTTA AATCTGAGTC CCCAGAACCT                   - 501 AGTGGATTGT GTGTCTGAGA ATGATGGCTG TGGAGGGGGC TACATGACCA                   - 551 ATGCCTTCCA ATATGTGCAG AAGAACCGGG GTATTGACTC TGAAGATGCC                   - 601 TACCCATATG TGGGACAGGA AGAGAGTTGT ATGTACAACC CAACAGGCAA                   - 651 GGCAGCTAAA TGCAGAGGGT ACAGAGAGAT CCCCGAGGGG AATGAGAAAG                   - 701 CCCTGAAGAG GGCAGTGGCC CGAGTGGGAC CTGTCTCTGT GGCCATTGAT                   - 751 GCAAGCCTGA CCTCCTTCCA GTTTTACAGC AAAGGTGTGT ATTATGATGA                   - 801 AAGCTGCAAT AGCGATAATC TGAACCATGC GGTTTTGGCA GTGGGATATG                   - 851 GAATCCAGAA GGGAAACAAG CACTGGATAA TTAAAAACAG CTGGGGAGAA                   - 901 AACTGGGGAA ACAAAGGATA TATCCTCATG GCTCGAAATA AGAACAACGC                   - 951 CTGTGGCATT GCCAACCTGG CCAGCTTCCC CAAGATGTGA                            __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 14                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________       1 MWGLKVLLLP VVSFALYPEE ILDTHWELWK KTHRKQYNNK VDEISRRLIW                       -  51 EKNLKYISIH NLEASLGVHT YELAMNHLGD MTSEEVVQKM TGLKVPLSHS                   - 101 RSNDTLYIPE WEGRAPDSVD YRKKGYVTPV KNQGQCGSSW AFSSVGALEG                   - 151 QLKKKTGKLL NLSPQNLVDC VSENDGCGGG YMTNAFQYVQ KNRGIDSEDA                   - 201 YPYVGQEESC MYNPTGKAAK CRGYREIPEG NEKALKRAVA RVGPVSVAID                   - 251 ASLTSFQFYS KGVYYDESCN SDNLNHAVLA VGYGIQKGNK HWIIKNSWGE                   - 301 NWGNKGYILM ARNKNNACGI ANLASFPKM                                        __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     SEQ ID NO. 15                                                                  __________________________________________________________________________       1 MWGLKVLLLP VVSFALYPEE ILDTHWELWK KTHRKQYNNK VDEISRRLIW                       -  51 EKNLKYISIH NLEASLGVHT YELAMNHLGD MTSEEVVQKM TGLKVPLSHS                   - 101 RSNDTLYIPE WEGRAPDSVD YRKKGYVTPV KNQGQCGSAW AFSSVGALEG                   - 151 QLKKKTGKLL NLSPQNLVDC VSENDGCGGG YMTNAFQYVQ KNRGIDSEDA                   - 201 YPYVGQEESC MYNPTGKAAK CRGYREIPEG NEKALKRAVA RVGPVSVAID                   - 251 ASLTSFQFYS KGVYYDESCN SDNLNHAVLA VGYGIQKGNK HWIIKNSWGE                   - 301 NWGNKGYILM ARNKNNACGI ANLASFPKM                                        __________________________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________________________     #             SEQUENCE LISTING                                                   - -  - - (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:                                              - -    (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 15                                           - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 963 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:                                - - ATGGAGATGG AAAAGGAGTT CGAGCAGATC GACAAGTCCG GGAGCTGGGC GG -              #CCATTTAC     60                                                                  - - CAGGATATCC GACATGAAGC CAGTGACTTC CCATGTAGAG TGGCCAAGCT TC -             #CTAAGAAC    120                                                                  - - AAAAACCGAA ATAGGTACAG AGACGTCAGT CCCTTTGACC ATAGTCGGAT TA -             #AACTACAT    180                                                                  - - CAAGAAGATA ATGACTATAT CAACGCTAGT TTGATAAAAA TGGAAGAAGC CC -             #AAAGGAGT    240                                                                  - - TACATTCTTA CCCAGGGCCC TTTGCCTAAC ACATGCGGTC ACTTTTGGGA GA -             #TGGTGTGG    300                                                                  - - GAGCAGAAAA GCAGGGGTGT CGTCATGCTC AACAGAGTGA TGGAGAAAGG TT -             #CGTTAAAA    360                                                                  - - TGCGCACAAT ACTGGCCACA AAAAGAAGAA AAAGAGATGA TCTTTGAAGA CA -             #CAAATTTG    420                                                                  - - AAATTAACAT TGATCTCTGA AGATATCAAG TCATATTATA CAGTGCGACA GC -             #TAGAATTG    480                                                                  - - GAAAACCTTA CAACCCAAGA AACTCGAGAG ATCTTACATT TCCACTATAC CA -             #CATGGCCT    540                                                                  - - GACTTTGGAG TCCCTGAATC ACCAGCCTCA TTCTTGAACT TTCTTTTCAA AG -             #TCCGAGAG    600                                                                  - - TCAGGGTCAC TCAGCCCGGA GCACGGGCCC GTTGTGGTGC ACTGCAGTGC AG -             #GCATCGGC    660                                                                  - - AGGTCTGGAA CCTTCTGTCT GGCTGATACC TGCCTCCTGC TGATGGACAA GA -             #GGAAAGAC    720                                                                  - - CCTTCTTCCG TTGATATCAA GAAAGTGCTG TTAGAAATGA GGAAGTTTCG GA -             #TGGGGTTG    780                                                                  - - ATCCAGACAG CCGACCAGCT GCGCTTCTCC TACCTGGCTG TGATCGAAGG TG -             #CCAAATTC    840                                                                  - - ATCATGGGGG ACTCTTCCGT GCAGGATCAG TGGAAGGAGC TTTCCCACGA GG -             #ACCTGGAG    900                                                                  - - CCCCCACCCG AGCATATCCC CCCACCTCCC CGGCCACCCA AACGAATCCT GG -             #AGCCACAC    960                                                                  - - TGA                  - #                  - #                  - #                 963                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 320 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                - - Met Glu Met Glu Lys Glu Phe Glu Gln Ile As - #p Lys Ser Gly Ser Trp        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Ala Ala Ile Tyr Gln Asp Ile Arg His Glu Al - #a Ser Asp Phe Pro Cys                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - Arg Val Ala Lys Leu Pro Lys Asn Lys Asn Ar - #g Asn Arg Tyr Arg Asp               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Val Ser Pro Phe Asp His Ser Arg Ile Lys Le - #u His Gln Glu Asp Asn           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Asp Tyr Ile Asn Ala Ser Leu Ile Lys Met Gl - #u Glu Ala Gln Arg Ser       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Tyr Ile Leu Thr Gln Gly Pro Leu Pro Asn Th - #r Cys Gly His Phe Trp                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Glu Met Val Trp Glu Gln Lys Ser Arg Gly Va - #l Val Met Leu Asn Arg                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Val Met Glu Lys Gly Ser Leu Lys Cys Ala Gl - #n Tyr Trp Pro Gln Lys               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Glu Glu Lys Glu Met Ile Phe Glu Asp Thr As - #n Leu Lys Leu Thr Leu           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Ile Ser Glu Asp Ile Lys Ser Tyr Tyr Thr Va - #l Arg Gln Leu Glu Leu       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Glu Asn Leu Thr Thr Gln Glu Thr Arg Glu Il - #e Leu His Phe His         Tyr                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Thr Thr Trp Pro Asp Phe Gly Val Pro Glu Se - #r Pro Ala Ser Phe Leu                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Asn Phe Leu Phe Lys Val Arg Glu Ser Gly Se - #r Leu Ser Pro Glu His               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Gly Pro Val Val Val His Cys Ser Ala Gly Il - #e Gly Arg Ser Gly Thr           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Phe Cys Leu Ala Asp Thr Cys Leu Leu Leu Me - #t Asp Lys Arg Lys Asp       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Pro Ser Ser Val Asp Ile Lys Lys Val Leu Le - #u Glu Met Arg Lys         Phe                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - Arg Met Gly Leu Ile Gln Thr Ala Asp Gln Le - #u Arg Phe Ser Tyr Leu                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Ala Val Ile Glu Gly Ala Lys Phe Ile Met Gl - #y Asp Ser Ser Val Gln               275          - #       280          - #       285                       - - Asp Gln Trp Lys Glu Leu Ser His Glu Asp Le - #u Glu Pro Pro Pro Glu           290              - #   295              - #   300                           - - His Ile Pro Pro Pro Pro Arg Pro Pro Lys Ar - #g Ile Leu Glu Pro His       305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                               - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1669 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                - - GAAACAAGCA CTGGATTCCA TATCCCACTG CCAAAACCGC ATGGTTCAGA TT -             #ATCGCTAT     60                                                                  - - TGCAGCTTTC ATCATAATAC ACACCTTTGC TGCCGAAACG AAGCCAGACA AC -             #AGATTTCC    120                                                                  - - ATCAGCAGGA TGTGGGGGCT CAAGGTTCTG CTGCTACCTG TGGTGAGCTT TG -             #CTCTGTAC    180                                                                  - - CCTGAGGAGA TACTGGACAC CCACTGGGAG CTATGGAAGA AGACCCACAG GA -             #AGCAATAT    240                                                                  - - AACAACAAGG TGGATGAAAT CTCTCGGCGT TTAATTTGGG AAAAAAACCT GA -             #AGTATATT    300                                                                  - - TCCATCCATA ACCTTGAGGC TTCTCTTGGT GTCCATACAT ATGAACTGGC TA -             #TGAACCAC    360                                                                  - - CTGGGGGACA TGACCAGTGA AGAGGTGGTT CAGAAGATGA CTGGACTCAA AG -             #TACCCCTG    420                                                                  - - TCTCATTCCC GCAGTAATGA CACCCTTTAT ATCCCAGAAT GGGAAGGTAG AG -             #CCCCAGAC    480                                                                  - - TCTGTCGACT ATCGAAAGAA AGGATATGTT ACTCCTGTCA AAAATCAGGG TC -             #AGTGTGGT    540                                                                  - - TCCTGTTGGG CTTTTAGCTC TGTGGGTGCC CTGGAGGGCC AACTCAAGAA GA -             #AAACTGGC    600                                                                  - - AAACTCTTAA ATCTGAGTCC CCAGAACCTA GTGGATTGTG TGTCTGAGAA TG -             #ATGGCTGT    660                                                                  - - GGAGGGGGCT ACATGACCAA TGCCTTCCAA TATGTGCAGA AGAACCGGGG TA -             #TTGACTCT    720                                                                  - - GAAGATGCCT ACCCATATGT GGGACAGGAA GAGAGTTGTA TGTACAACCC AA -             #CAGGCAAG    780                                                                  - - GCAGCTAAAT GCAGAGGGTA CAGAGAGATC CCCGAGGGGA ATGAGAAAGC CC -             #TGAAGAGG    840                                                                  - - GCAGTGGCCC GAGTGGGACC TGTCTCTGTG GCCATTGATG CAAGCCTGAC CT -             #CCTTCCAG    900                                                                  - - TTTTACAGCA AAGGTGTGTA TTATGATGAA AGCTGCAATA GCGATAATCT GA -             #ACCATGCG    960                                                                  - - GTTTTGGCAG TGGGATATGG AATCCAGAAG GGAAACAAGC ACTGGATAAT TA -             #AAAACAGC   1020                                                                  - - TGGGGAGAAA ACTGGGGAAA CAAAGGATAT ATCCTCATGG CTCGAAATAA GA -             #ACAACGCC   1080                                                                  - - TGTGGCATTG CCAACCTGGC CAGCTTCCCC AAGATGTGAC TCCAGCCAGC CA -             #AATCCATC   1140                                                                  - - CTGCTCTTCC ATTTCTTCCA CGATGGTGCA GTGTAACGAT GCACTTTGGA AG -             #GGAGTTGG   1200                                                                  - - TGTGCTATTT TTGAAGCAGA TGTGGTGATA CTGAGATTGT CTGTTCAGTT TC -             #CCCATTTG   1260                                                                  - - TTTGTGCTTC AAATGATCCT TCCTACTTTG CTTCTCTCCA CCCATGACCT TT -             #TTCACTGT   1320                                                                  - - GGCCATCAGG ACTTTCCCTG ACAGCTGTGT ACTCTTAGGC TAAGAGATGT GA -             #CTACAGCC   1380                                                                  - - TGCCCCTGAC TGTGTTGTCC CAGGGCTGAT GCTGTACAGG TACAGGCTGG AG -             #ATTTTCAC   1440                                                                  - - ATAGGTTAGA TTCTCATTCA CGGGACTAGT TAGCTTTAAG CACCCTAGAG GA -             #CTAGGGTA   1500                                                                  - - ATCTGACTTC TCACTTCCTA AGTTCCCTTC TATATCCTCA AGGTAGAAAT GT -             #CTATGTTT   1560                                                                  - - TCTACTCCAA TTCATAAATC TATTCATAAG TCTTTGGTAC AAGTTTACAT GA -             #TAAAAAGA   1620                                                                  - - AATGTGATTT GTCTTCCCTT CTTTGCACTT TTGAAATAAA GTATTTATC  - #                  1669                                                                         - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 329 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                - - Met Trp Gly Leu Lys Val Leu Leu Leu Pro Va - #l Val Ser Phe Ala Leu        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Tyr Pro Glu Glu Ile Leu Asp Thr His Trp Gl - #u Leu Trp Lys Lys Thr                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - His Arg Lys Gln Tyr Asn Asn Lys Val Asp Gl - #u Ile Ser Arg Arg Leu               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Ile Trp Glu Lys Asn Leu Lys Tyr Ile Ser Il - #e His Asn Leu Glu Ala           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Ser Leu Gly Val His Thr Tyr Glu Leu Ala Me - #t Asn His Leu Gly Asp       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Met Thr Ser Glu Glu Val Val Gln Lys Met Th - #r Gly Leu Lys Val Pro                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Leu Ser His Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Leu Ty - #r Ile Pro Glu Trp Glu                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Gly Arg Ala Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Tyr Arg Ly - #s Lys Gly Tyr Val Thr               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Pro Val Lys Asn Gln Gly Gln Cys Gly Ser Cy - #s Trp Ala Phe Ser Ser           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Val Gly Ala Leu Glu Gly Gln Leu Lys Lys Ly - #s Thr Gly Lys Leu Leu       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Asn Leu Ser Pro Gln Asn Leu Val Asp Cys Va - #l Ser Glu Asn Asp         Gly                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Cys Gly Gly Gly Tyr Met Thr Asn Ala Phe Gl - #n Tyr Val Gln Lys Asn                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Arg Gly Ile Asp Ser Glu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Ty - #r Val Gly Gln Glu Glu               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Ser Cys Met Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Lys Ala Al - #a Lys Cys Arg Gly Tyr           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Arg Glu Ile Pro Glu Gly Asn Glu Lys Ala Le - #u Lys Arg Ala Val Ala       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Arg Val Gly Pro Val Ser Val Ala Ile Asp Al - #a Ser Leu Thr Ser         Phe                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - Gln Phe Tyr Ser Lys Gly Val Tyr Tyr Asp Gl - #u Ser Cys Asn Ser Asp                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Asn Leu Asn His Ala Val Leu Ala Val Gly Ty - #r Gly Ile Gln Lys Gly               275          - #       280          - #       285                       - - Asn Lys His Trp Ile Ile Lys Asn Ser Trp Gl - #y Glu Asn Trp Gly Asn           290              - #   295              - #   300                           - - Lys Gly Tyr Ile Leu Met Ala Arg Asn Lys As - #n Asn Ala Cys Gly Ile       305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                               - - Ala Asn Leu Ala Ser Phe Pro Lys Met                                                       325                                                             - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1001 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                - - CTGCAGGAAT TCGGCACGAG GGGTGCTATT GTGAGGCGGT TGTAGAAGTT AA -             #TAAAGGTA     60                                                                  - - TCCATGGAGA ACACTGAAAA CTCAGTGGAT TCAAAATCCA TTAAAAATTT GG -             #AACCAAAG    120                                                                  - - ATCATACATG GAAGCGAATC AATGGACTCT GGAATATCCC TGGACAACAG TT -             #ATAAAATG    180                                                                  - - GATTATCCTG AGATGGGTTT ATGTATAATA ATTAATAATA AGAATTTTCA TA -             #AGAGCACT    240                                                                  - - GGAATGACAT CTCGGTCTGG TACAGATGTC GATGCAGCAA ACCTCAGGGA AA -             #CATTCAGA    300                                                                  - - AACTTGAAAT ATGAAGTCAG GAATAAAAAT GATCTTACAC GTGAAGAAAT TG -             #TGGAATTG    360                                                                  - - ATGCGTGATG TTTCTAAAGA AGATCACAGC AAAAGGAGCA GTTTTGTTTG TG -             #TGCTTCTG    420                                                                  - - AGCCATGGTG AAGAAGGAAT AATTTTTGGA ACAAATGGAC CTGTTGACCT GA -             #AAAAAATA    480                                                                  - - ACAAACTTTT TCAGAGGGGA TCGTTGTAGA AGTCTAACTG GAAAACCCAA AC -             #TTTTCATT    540                                                                  - - ATTCAGGCCT GCCGTGGTAC AGAACTGGAC TGTGGCATTG AGACAGACAG TG -             #GTGTTGAT    600                                                                  - - GATGACATGG CGTGTCATAA AATACCAGTG GAGGCCGACT TCTTGTATGC AT -             #ACTCCACA    660                                                                  - - GCACCTGGTT ATTATTCTTG GCGAAATTCA AAGGATGGCT CCTGGTTCAT CC -             #AGTCGCTT    720                                                                  - - TGTGCCATGC TGAAACAGTA TGCCGACAAG CTTGAATTTA TGCACATTCT TA -             #CCCGGGTT    780                                                                  - - AACCGAAAGG TGGCAACAGA ATTTGAGTCC TTTTCCTTTG ACGCTACTTT TC -             #ATGCAAAG    840                                                                  - - AAACAGATTC CATGTATTGT TTCCATGCTC ACAAAAGAAC TCTATTTTTA TC -             #ACTAAAGA    900                                                                  - - AATGGTTGGT TGGTGGTTTT TTTTAGTTTG TATGCCAAGT GAGAAGATGG TA -             #TATTTGGT    960                                                                  - - ACTGTATTTC CCTCTCATTT TGACCTACTC TCATGCTGCA G    - #                       - # 1001                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 277 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                - - Met Glu Asn Thr Glu Asn Ser Val Asp Ser Ly - #s Ser Ile Lys Asn Leu        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Glu Pro Lys Ile Ile His Gly Ser Glu Ser Me - #t Asp Ser Gly Ile Ser                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Lys Met Asp Tyr Pro Gl - #u Met Gly Leu Cys Ile               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Ile Ile Asn Asn Lys Asn Phe His Lys Ser Th - #r Gly Met Thr Ser Arg           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Ser Gly Thr Asp Val Asp Ala Ala Asn Leu Ar - #g Glu Thr Phe Arg Asn       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Leu Lys Tyr Glu Val Arg Asn Lys Asn Asp Le - #u Thr Arg Glu Glu Ile                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Val Glu Leu Met Arg Asp Val Ser Lys Glu As - #p His Ser Lys Arg Ser                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Ser Phe Val Cys Val Leu Leu Ser His Gly Gl - #u Glu Gly Ile Ile Phe               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Gly Thr Asn Gly Pro Val Asp Leu Lys Lys Il - #e Thr Asn Phe Phe Arg           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Gly Asp Arg Cys Arg Ser Leu Thr Gly Lys Pr - #o Lys Leu Phe Ile Ile       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Gln Ala Cys Arg Gly Thr Glu Leu Asp Cys Gl - #y Ile Glu Thr Asp         Ser                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Gly Val Asp Asp Asp Met Ala Cys His Lys Il - #e Pro Val Glu Ala Asp                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Phe Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Thr Ala Pro Gly Ty - #r Tyr Ser Trp Arg Asn               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Ser Lys Asp Gly Ser Trp Phe Ile Gln Ser Le - #u Cys Ala Met Leu Lys           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Gln Tyr Ala Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Met His Il - #e Leu Thr Arg Val Asn       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Arg Lys Val Ala Thr Glu Phe Glu Ser Phe Se - #r Phe Asp Ala Thr         Phe                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - His Ala Lys Lys Gln Ile Pro Cys Ile Val Se - #r Met Leu Thr Lys Glu                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Leu Tyr Phe Tyr His                                                               275                                                                     - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 963 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                - - ATGGAGATGG AAAAGGAGTT CGAGCAGATC GACAAGTCCG GGAGCTGGGC GG -              #CCATTTAC     60                                                                  - - CAGGATATCC GACATGAAGC CAGTGACTTC CCATGTAGAG TGGCCAAGCT TC -             #CTAAGAAC    120                                                                  - - AAAAACCGAA ATAGGTACAG AGACGTCAGT CCCTTTGACC ATAGTCGGAT TA -             #AACTACAT    180                                                                  - - CAAGAAGATA ATGACTATAT CAACGCTAGT TTGATAAAAA TGGAAGAAGC CC -             #AAAGGAGT    240                                                                  - - TACATTCTTA CCCAGGGCCC TTTGCCTAAC ACATGCGGTC ACTTTTGGGA GA -             #TGGTGTGG    300                                                                  - - GAGCAGAAAA GCAGGGGTGT CGTCATGCTC AACAGAGTGA TGGAGAAAGG TT -             #CGTTAAAA    360                                                                  - - TGCGCACAAT ACTGGCCACA AAAAGAAGAA AAAGAGATGA TCTTTGAAGA CA -             #CAAATTTG    420                                                                  - - AAATTAACAT TGATCTCTGA AGATATCAAG TCATATTATA CAGTGCGACA GC -             #TAGAATTG    480                                                                  - - GAAAACCTTA CAACCCAAGA AACTCGAGAG ATCTTACATT TCCACTATAC CA -             #CATGGCCT    540                                                                  - - GACTTTGGAG TCCCTGAATC ACCAGCCTCA TTCTTGAACT TTCTTTTCAA AG -             #TCCGAGAG    600                                                                  - - TCAGGGTCAC TCAGCCCGGA GCACGGGCCC GTTGTGGTGC ACAGCAGTGC AG -             #GCATCGGC    660                                                                  - - AGGTCTGGAA CCTTCTGTCT GGCTGATACC TGCCTCCTGC TGATGGACAA GA -             #GGAAAGAC    720                                                                  - - CCTTCTTCCG TTGATATCAA GAAAGTGCTG TTAGAAATGA GGAAGTTTCG GA -             #TGGGGTTG    780                                                                  - - ATCCAGACAG CCGACCAGCT GCGCTTCTCC TACCTGGCTG TGATCGAAGG TG -             #CCAAATTC    840                                                                  - - ATCATGGGGG ACTCTTCCGT GCAGGATCAG TGGAAGGAGC TTTCCCACGA GG -             #ACCTGGAG    900                                                                  - - CCCCCACCCG AGCATATCCC CCCACCTCCC CGGCCACCCA AACGAATCCT GG -             #AGCCACAC    960                                                                  - - TGA                  - #                  - #                  - #                 963                                                                   - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 322 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                - - Met Glu Met Glu Lys Glu Phe Glu Gln Ile As - #p Lys Ser Gly Ser Trp        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Ala Ala Ile Tyr Gln Asp Ile Arg His Glu Al - #a Ser Asp Phe Pro Cys                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - Arg Val Ala Lys Leu Pro Lys Asn Lys Asn Ar - #g Asn Arg Tyr Arg Asp               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Val Ser Pro Phe Asp His Ser Arg Ile Lys Le - #u His Gln Glu Asp Asn           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Asp Tyr Ile Asn Ala Ser Leu Ile Lys Met Gl - #u Glu Ala Gln Arg Ser       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Tyr Ile Leu Thr Gln Gly Pro Leu Pro Asn Th - #r Cys Gly His Phe Trp                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Glu Met Val Trp Glu Gln Lys Ser Arg Gly Va - #l Val Met Leu Asn Arg                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Val Met Glu Lys Gly Ser Leu Lys Cys Ala Gl - #n Tyr Trp Pro Gln Lys               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Glu Glu Lys Glu Met Ile Phe Glu Asp Thr As - #n Leu Lys Leu Thr Leu           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Ile Ser Glu Asp Ile Lys Ser Tyr Tyr Thr Va - #l Arg Gln Leu Glu Leu       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Glu Asn Leu Thr Thr Gln Glu Thr Arg Glu Il - #e Leu His Phe His         Tyr                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Thr Thr Trp Pro Asp Phe Gly Val Pro Glu Se - #r Pro Ala Ser Phe Leu                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Asn Phe Leu Phe Lys Val Arg Glu Ser Gly Se - #r Leu Ser Pro Glu His               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Gly Pro Val Val Val His Ser Ser Ala Gly Il - #e Gly Thr Cys Gly Arg           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Ser Gly Thr Phe Cys Leu Ala Asp Thr Cys Le - #u Leu Leu Met Asp Lys       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Arg Lys Asp Pro Ser Ser Val Asp Ile Lys Ly - #s Val Leu Leu Glu         Met                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - Arg Lys Phe Arg Met Gly Leu Ile Gln Thr Al - #a Asp Gln Leu Arg Phe                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Ser Tyr Leu Ala Val Ile Glu Gly Ala Lys Ph - #e Ile Met Gly Asp Ser               275          - #       280          - #       285                       - - Ser Val Gln Asp Gln Trp Lys Glu Leu Ser Hi - #s Glu Asp Leu Glu Pro           290              - #   295              - #   300                           - - Pro Pro Glu His Ile Pro Pro Pro Pro Arg Pr - #o Pro Lys Arg Ile Leu       305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                               - - Glu Pro                                                                    - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                      - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 1001 base - #pairs                                                 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                - - CTGCAGGAAT TCGGCACGAG GGGTGCTATT GTGAGGCGGT TGTAGAAGTT AA -             #TAAAGGTA     60                                                                  - - TCCATGGAGA ACACTGAAAA CTCAGTGGAT TCAAAATCCA TTAAAAATTT GG -             #AACCAAAG    120                                                                  - - ATCATACATG GAAGCGAATC AATGGACTCT GGAATATCCC TGGACAACAG TT -             #ATAAAATG    180                                                                  - - GATTATCCTG AGATGGGTTT ATGTATAATA ATTAATAATA AGAATTTTCA TA -             #AGAGCACT    240                                                                  - - GGAATGACAT CTCGGTCTGG TACAGATGTC GATGCAGCAA ACCTCAGGGA AA -             #CATTCAGA    300                                                                  - - AACTTGAAAT ATGAAGTCAG GAATAAAAAT GATCTTACAC GTGAAGAAAT TG -             #TGGAATTG    360                                                                  - - ATGCGTGATG TTTCTAAAGA AGATCACAGC AAAAGGAGCA GTTTTGTTTG TG -             #TGCTTCTG    420                                                                  - - AGCCATGGTG AAGAAGGAAT AATTTTTGGA ACAAATGGAC CTGTTGACCT GA -             #AAAAAATA    480                                                                  - - ACAAACTTTT TCAGAGGGGA TCGTTGTAGA AGTCTAACTG GAAAACCCAA AC -             #TTTTCATT    540                                                                  - - ATTCAGGCCT CCCGTGGTAC AGAACTGGAC TGTGGCATTG AGACAGACAG TG -             #GTGTTGAT    600                                                                  - - GATGACATGG CGTGTCATAA AATACCAGTG GAGGCCGACT TCTTGTATGC AT -             #ACTCCACA    660                                                                  - - GCACCTGGTT ATTATTCTTG GCGAAATTCA AAGGATGGCT CCTGGTTCAT CC -             #AGTCGCTT    720                                                                  - - TGTGCCATGC TGAAACAGTA TGCCGACAAG CTTGAATTTA TGCACATTCT TA -             #CCCGGGTT    780                                                                  - - AACCGAAAGG TGGCAACAGA ATTTGAGTCC TTTTCCTTTG ACGCTACTTT TC -             #ATGCAAAG    840                                                                  - - AAACAGATTC CATGTATTGT TTCCATGCTC ACAAAAGAAC TCTATTTTTA TC -             #ACTAAAGA    900                                                                  - - AATGGTTGGT TGGTGGTTTT TTTTAGTTTG TATGCCAAGT GAGAAGATGG TA -             #TATTTGGT    960                                                                  - - ACTGTATTTC CCTCTCATTT TGACCTACTC TCATGCTGCA G    - #                       - # 1001                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 277 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                               - - Met Glu Asn Thr Glu Asn Ser Val Asp Ser Ly - #s Ser Ile Lys Asn Leu        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Glu Pro Lys Ile Ile His Gly Ser Glu Ser Me - #t Asp Ser Gly Ile Ser                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Lys Met Asp Tyr Pro Gl - #u Met Gly Leu Cys Ile               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Ile Ile Asn Asn Lys Asn Phe His Lys Ser Th - #r Gly Met Thr Ser Arg           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Ser Gly Thr Asp Val Asp Ala Ala Asn Leu Ar - #g Glu Thr Phe Arg Asn       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Leu Lys Tyr Glu Val Arg Asn Lys Asn Asp Le - #u Thr Arg Glu Glu Ile                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Val Glu Leu Met Arg Asp Val Ser Lys Glu As - #p His Ser Lys Arg Ser                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Ser Phe Val Cys Val Leu Leu Ser His Gly Gl - #u Glu Gly Ile Ile Phe               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Gly Thr Asn Gly Pro Val Asp Leu Lys Lys Il - #e Thr Asn Phe Phe Arg           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Gly Asp Arg Cys Arg Ser Leu Thr Gly Lys Pr - #o Lys Leu Phe Ile Ile       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Gln Ala Ser Arg Gly Thr Glu Leu Asp Cys Gl - #y Ile Glu Thr Asp         Ser                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Gly Val Asp Asp Asp Met Ala Cys His Lys Il - #e Pro Val Glu Ala Asp                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Phe Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Ser Thr Ala Pro Gly Ty - #r Tyr Ser Trp Arg Asn               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Ser Lys Asp Gly Ser Trp Phe Ile Gln Ser Le - #u Cys Ala Met Leu Lys           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Gln Tyr Ala Asp Lys Leu Glu Phe Met His Il - #e Leu Thr Arg Val Asn       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Arg Lys Val Ala Thr Glu Phe Glu Ser Phe Se - #r Phe Asp Ala Thr         Phe                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - His Ala Lys Lys Gln Ile Pro Cys Ile Val Se - #r Met Leu Thr Lys Glu                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Leu Tyr Phe Tyr His                                                               275                                                                     - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 148 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                               - - Met Ser Gly Ile Ser Leu Asp Asn Ser Tyr Ly - #s Met Asp Tyr Pro Glu        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Met Gly Leu Cys Ile Ile Ile Asn Asn Lys As - #n Phe His Lys Ser Thr                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - Gly Met Thr Ser Arg Ser Gly Thr Asp Val As - #p Ala Ala Asn Leu Arg               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Glu Thr Phe Arg Asn Leu Lys Tyr Glu Val Ar - #g Asn Lys Asn Asp Leu           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Thr Arg Glu Glu Ile Val Glu Leu Met Arg As - #p Val Ser Lys Glu Asp       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - His Ser Lys Arg Ser Ser Phe Val Cys Val Le - #u Leu Ser His Gly Glu                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Glu Gly Ile Ile Phe Gly Thr Asn Gly Pro Va - #l Asp Leu Lys Lys Ile                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Thr Asn Phe Phe Arg Gly Asp Arg Cys Arg Se - #r Leu Thr Gly Lys Pro               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Lys Leu Phe Ile Ile Gln Ala Ser Arg Gly Th - #r Glu Leu Asp Cys Gly           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Ile Glu Thr Asp                                                           145                                                                             - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 990 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                               - - ATGTGGGGGC TCAAGGTTCT GCTGCTACCT GTGGTGAGCT TTGCTCTGTA CC -              #CTGAGGAG     60                                                                  - - ATACTGGACA CCCACTGGGA GCTATGGAAG AAGACCCACA GGAAGCAATA TA -             #ACAACAAG    120                                                                  - - GTGGATGAAA TCTCTCGGCG TTTAATTTGG GAAAAAAACC TGAAGTATAT TT -             #CCATCCAT    180                                                                  - - AACCTTGAGG CTTCTCTTGG TGTCCATACA TATGAACTGG CTATGAACCA CC -             #TGGGGGAC    240                                                                  - - ATGACCAGTG AAGAGGTGGT TCAGAAGATG ACTGGACTCA AAGTACCCCT GT -             #CTCATTCC    300                                                                  - - CGCAGTAATG ACACCCTTTA TATCCCAGAA TGGGAAGGTA GAGCCCCAGA CT -             #CTGTCGAC    360                                                                  - - TATCGAAAGA AAGGATATGT TACTCCTGTC AAAAATCAGG GTCAGTGTGG TT -             #CCTCTTGG    420                                                                  - - GCTTTTAGCT CTGTGGGTGC CCTGGAGGGC CAACTCAAGA AGAAAACTGG CA -             #AACTCTTA    480                                                                  - - AATCTGAGTC CCCAGAACCT AGTGGATTGT GTGTCTGAGA ATGATGGCTG TG -             #GAGGGGGC    540                                                                  - - TACATGACCA ATGCCTTCCA ATATGTGCAG AAGAACCGGG GTATTGACTC TG -             #AAGATGCC    600                                                                  - - TACCCATATG TGGGACAGGA AGAGAGTTGT ATGTACAACC CAACAGGCAA GG -             #CAGCTAAA    660                                                                  - - TGCAGAGGGT ACAGAGAGAT CCCCGAGGGG AATGAGAAAG CCCTGAAGAG GG -             #CAGTGGCC    720                                                                  - - CGAGTGGGAC CTGTCTCTGT GGCCATTGAT GCAAGCCTGA CCTCCTTCCA GT -             #TTTACAGC    780                                                                  - - AAAGGTGTGT ATTATGATGA AAGCTGCAAT AGCGATAATC TGAACCATGC GG -             #TTTTGGCA    840                                                                  - - GTGGGATATG GAATCCAGAA GGGAAACAAG CACTGGATAA TTAAAAACAG CT -             #GGGGAGAA    900                                                                  - - AACTGGGGAA ACAAAGGATA TATCCTCATG GCTCGAAATA AGAACAACGC CT -             #GTGGCATT    960                                                                  - - GCCAACCTGG CCAGCTTCCC CAAGATGTGA         - #                  - #               990                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 990 base - #pairs                                                  (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                         (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                               - -    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                                - - ATGTGGGGGC TCAAGGTTCT GCTGCTACCT GTGGTGAGCT TTGCTCTGTA CC -              #CTGAGGAG     60                                                                  - - ATACTGGACA CCCACTGGGA GCTATGGAAG AAGACCCACA GGAAGCAATA TA -             #ACAACAAG    120                                                                  - - GTGGATGAAA TCTCTCGGCG TTTAATTTGG GAAAAAAACC TGAAGTATAT TT -             #CCATCCAT    180                                                                  - - AACCTTGAGG CTTCTCTTGG TGTCCATACA TATGAACTGG CTATGAACCA CC -             #TGGGGGAC    240                                                                  - - ATGACCAGTG AAGAGGTGGT TCAGAAGATG ACTGGACTCA AAGTACCCCT GT -             #CTCATTCC    300                                                                  - - CGCAGTAATG ACACCCTTTA TATCCCAGAA TGGGAAGGTA GAGCCCCAGA CT -             #CTGTCGAC    360                                                                  - - TATCGAAAGA AAGGATATGT TACTCCTGTC AAAAATCAGG GTCAGTGTGG TT -             #CCGCTTGG    420                                                                  - - GCTTTTAGCT CTGTGGGTGC CCTGGAGGGC CAACTCAAGA AGAAAACTGG CA -             #AACTCTTA    480                                                                  - - AATCTGAGTC CCCAGAACCT AGTGGATTGT GTGTCTGAGA ATGATGGCTG TG -             #GAGGGGGC    540                                                                  - - TACATGACCA ATGCCTTCCA ATATGTGCAG AAGAACCGGG GTATTGACTC TG -             #AAGATGCC    600                                                                  - - TACCCATATG TGGGACAGGA AGAGAGTTGT ATGTACAACC CAACAGGCAA GG -             #CAGCTAAA    660                                                                  - - TGCAGAGGGT ACAGAGAGAT CCCCGAGGGG AATGAGAAAG CCCTGAAGAG GG -             #CAGTGGCC    720                                                                  - - CGAGTGGGAC CTGTCTCTGT GGCCATTGAT GCAAGCCTGA CCTCCTTCCA GT -             #TTTACAGC    780                                                                  - - AAAGGTGTGT ATTATGATGA AAGCTGCAAT AGCGATAATC TGAACCATGC GG -             #TTTTGGCA    840                                                                  - - GTGGGATATG GAATCCAGAA GGGAAACAAG CACTGGATAA TTAAAAACAG CT -             #GGGGAGAA    900                                                                  - - AACTGGGGAA ACAAAGGATA TATCCTCATG GCTCGAAATA AGAACAACGC CT -             #GTGGCATT    960                                                                  - - GCCAACCTGG CCAGCTTCCC CAAGATGTGA         - #                  - #               990                                                                      - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 329 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                               - - Met Trp Gly Leu Lys Val Leu Leu Leu Pro Va - #l Val Ser Phe Ala Leu        1               5  - #                10  - #                15                - - Tyr Pro Glu Glu Ile Leu Asp Thr His Trp Gl - #u Leu Trp Lys Lys Thr                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - His Arg Lys Gln Tyr Asn Asn Lys Val Asp Gl - #u Ile Ser Arg Arg Leu               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Ile Trp Glu Lys Asn Leu Lys Tyr Ile Ser Il - #e His Asn Leu Glu Ala           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Ser Leu Gly Val His Thr Tyr Glu Leu Ala Me - #t Asn His Leu Gly Asp       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Met Thr Ser Glu Glu Val Val Gln Lys Met Th - #r Gly Leu Lys Val Pro                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Leu Ser His Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Leu Ty - #r Ile Pro Glu Trp Glu                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Gly Arg Ala Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Tyr Arg Ly - #s Lys Gly Tyr Val Thr               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Pro Val Lys Asn Gln Gly Gln Cys Gly Ser Se - #r Trp Ala Phe Ser Ser           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Val Gly Ala Leu Glu Gly Gln Leu Lys Lys Ly - #s Thr Gly Lys Leu Leu       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Asn Leu Ser Pro Gln Asn Leu Val Asp Cys Va - #l Ser Glu Asn Asp         Gly                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Cys Gly Gly Gly Tyr Met Thr Asn Ala Phe Gl - #n Tyr Val Gln Lys Asn                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Arg Gly Ile Asp Ser Glu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Ty - #r Val Gly Gln Glu Glu               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Ser Cys Met Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Lys Ala Al - #a Lys Cys Arg Gly Tyr           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Arg Glu Ile Pro Glu Gly Asn Glu Lys Ala Le - #u Lys Arg Ala Val Ala       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Arg Val Gly Pro Val Ser Val Ala Ile Asp Al - #a Ser Leu Thr Ser         Phe                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - Gln Phe Tyr Ser Lys Gly Val Tyr Tyr Asp Gl - #u Ser Cys Asn Ser Asp                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Asn Leu Asn His Ala Val Leu Ala Val Gly Ty - #r Gly Ile Gln Lys Gly               275          - #       280          - #       285                       - - Asn Lys His Trp Ile Ile Lys Asn Ser Trp Gl - #y Glu Asn Trp Gly Asn           290              - #   295              - #   300                           - - Lys Gly Tyr Ile Leu Met Ala Arg Asn Lys As - #n Asn Ala Cys Gly Ile       305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                               - - Ala Asn Leu Ala Ser Phe Pro Lys Met                                                       325                                                             - -  - - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                     - -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                                  (A) LENGTH: 329 amino - #acids                                                 (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                       (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                  - -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide                                            - -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                               - - Met Trp Gly Leu Lys Val Leu Leu Leu Pro Va - #l Val Ser Phe Ala         Leu                                                                               1               5  - #                10  - #                15               - - Tyr Pro Glu Glu Ile Leu Asp Thr His Trp Gl - #u Leu Trp Lys Lys Thr                   20      - #            25      - #            30                    - - His Arg Lys Gln Tyr Asn Asn Lys Val Asp Gl - #u Ile Ser Arg Arg Leu               35          - #        40          - #        45                        - - Ile Trp Glu Lys Asn Leu Lys Tyr Ile Ser Il - #e His Asn Leu Glu Ala           50              - #    55              - #    60                            - - Ser Leu Gly Val His Thr Tyr Glu Leu Ala Me - #t Asn His Leu Gly Asp       65                  - #70                  - #75                  - #80         - - Met Thr Ser Glu Glu Val Val Gln Lys Met Th - #r Gly Leu Lys Val Pro                       85  - #                90  - #                95                - - Leu Ser His Ser Arg Ser Asn Asp Thr Leu Ty - #r Ile Pro Glu Trp Glu                   100      - #           105      - #           110                   - - Gly Arg Ala Pro Asp Ser Val Asp Tyr Arg Ly - #s Lys Gly Tyr Val Thr               115          - #       120          - #       125                       - - Pro Val Lys Asn Gln Gly Gln Cys Gly Ser Al - #a Trp Ala Phe Ser Ser           130              - #   135              - #   140                           - - Val Gly Ala Leu Glu Gly Gln Leu Lys Lys Ly - #s Thr Gly Lys Leu Leu       145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                               - - Asn Leu Ser Pro Gln Asn Leu Val Asp Cys Va - #l Ser Glu Asn Asp         Gly                                                                                              165  - #               170  - #               175              - - Cys Gly Gly Gly Tyr Met Thr Asn Ala Phe Gl - #n Tyr Val Gln Lys Asn                   180      - #           185      - #           190                   - - Arg Gly Ile Asp Ser Glu Asp Ala Tyr Pro Ty - #r Val Gly Gln Glu Glu               195          - #       200          - #       205                       - - Ser Cys Met Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Lys Ala Al - #a Lys Cys Arg Gly Tyr           210              - #   215              - #   220                           - - Arg Glu Ile Pro Glu Gly Asn Glu Lys Ala Le - #u Lys Arg Ala Val Ala       225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                               - - Arg Val Gly Pro Val Ser Val Ala Ile Asp Al - #a Ser Leu Thr Ser         Phe                                                                                              245  - #               250  - #               255              - - Gln Phe Tyr Ser Lys Gly Val Tyr Tyr Asp Gl - #u Ser Cys Asn Ser Asp                   260      - #           265      - #           270                   - - Asn Leu Asn His Ala Val Leu Ala Val Gly Ty - #r Gly Ile Gln Lys Gly               275          - #       280          - #       285                       - - Asn Lys His Trp Ile Ile Lys Asn Ser Trp Gl - #y Glu Asn Trp Gly Asn           290              - #   295              - #   300                           - - Lys Gly Tyr Ile Leu Met Ala Arg Asn Lys As - #n Asn Ala Cys Gly Ile       305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                               - - Ala Asn Leu Ala Ser Phe Pro Lys Met                                                       325                                                          __________________________________________________________________________ 

What is claimed:
 1. A tripeptide that contains two 4-phosphono(difluoromethyl)phenylalanine groups.
 2. The tripeptide of claim 1 selected from the group consisting of:N-Benzoyl-L-glutamyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; N-(3,5-Dibromo-benzoyl)-L-glutamyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; N-Acetyl-L-glutamyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Glutamyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Lysinyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Serinyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Prolinyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide; L-Isoleucinyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide.
 3. The tripeptide of claim 1 in tritiated or I¹²⁵ -iodinated form.
 4. The tritiated tripeptide of claim 3:N-(3,5-Ditritio)-benzoyl-L-glutamyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanyl-(4-phosphono(difluoromethyl))-L-phenylalanine amide. 